Hungary's election could end Orban era and reshape its place in Europe

Viktor Orban, uniquely endorsed by both U.S. President Donald Trump and the Kremlin, could lose his 16-year iron grip on power on Sunday, ​opinion polls indicate, in an election many Hungarians believe will decide their country's fate in Europe.
Orban, the European Union's longest-serving prime minister, has led Hungary since 2010, ‌entrenching his power by curbing independent media and democratic rights and building an "illiberal democracy" that has earned him fans on Europe's far right and in Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.

However, three years of economic stagnation and soaring living costs, along with the enrichment of oligarchs close to the government, have angered voters.
Orban's campaign has also been ruffled by press reports that his government has colluded with Moscow.
A former Orban loyalist, Peter Magyar, has ​successfully tapped into Hungarians' discontent and his centre-right Tisza party now comfortably leads most polls.
But political analysts also caution that undecided voters, a redrawing of the electoral map ​in favour of Orban's Fidesz and a high proportion of ethnic Hungarians in neighbouring countries - who mostly back the ruling party - create a ⁠mood of uncertainty. They say anything from a Tisza supermajority - able to change the constitution - to a Fidesz majority remains possible.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungarys-election-could-end-orban-era-reshape-its-place-europe-2026-04-09/

Praying for Orban to go out with a bang...as in a decisive majority