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[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

It was a good day

[–] homes@piefed.world 166 points 1 day ago (11 children)

thanks Vance 👍❤️🇺🇸

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 88 points 1 day ago (5 children)

First the Pope, now Orban's government, what next!

[–] homes@piefed.world 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 day ago

Quick go visit Putin!

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Also Canada.

Hopefully he's still in office to come to Australia in mid 2028 and ensure us a Labor/Greens victory.

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[–] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 132 points 1 day ago

Brilliant news for Hungary, Europe and Ukraine.

Now let's watch the theatrics of Vance crying about interference.

[–] tinkermeister@lemmy.world 119 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I must admit, even though he was down in the polls, I still expected him to win somehow. It gives me a little glimmer of hope that the world may not become an authoritarian hellscape.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I didn't really expect him to lose. But I had serious doubts if he would get out of the government after it.

But then, I don't know the details.

Even if he lost with a close result, he could have blocked lots of change. Fortunately, his opponent has a 2/3 majority, so Orban can't do anything. 😃

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

If the loss is big enough, there is no way to get the foot in the door, might not waste the political capital of a tantrum to keep doing damage leading opposition.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

The massive turnout also made it impossible to pull anything funny. It's relatively easy to slip in a few thousands of fake votes when you control the electoral apparatus, but trying to skew such a lopsided election with such an high participation rate would create participation rates above 100% in some places.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 day ago

And the loss is basically a wipeout. They are practically irrelevant in Parliament, and Tisza, unlike in Poland, can just boot out any of their appointees as they have a supermajority.

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most important: it's even a 2/3 majority. Without that, Orban could have still blocked most of the changes. Now, he cannot.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

looked set to win 94 of Hungary’s 106 voting districts.

Hell yeah.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In the back of my head, I'm slightly worried when a European country has a party that has more than 50% of the seats. We're supposed to not be two-party systems.

But on every other part of my head, this feels great. Good stuff, hungarians! I wish I had free money to invest into Hungary. Seems like a safe bet right now.

[–] TheKingBombOmbKiller@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As I understand it, Orban has rewritten the laws so the biggest party gets an unproportional amount of seats. Works well when you are able to keep the opposition fractured, but less well when your comeuppance finally arrives.

[–] Supercrunchy@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago

Other EU countries have a similar unfair system. They're quite easy to spot because they usually have 2 parties that get 90%+ of the seats.

Once that system is in place, the incentives of the party in power are to keep it, because they'd lose a supermajority if they win the next election cycle.

I honestly don't know how you could fix the system once it's so entrenched. I think it can only change if people become aware of how their shitty political situation (only 2 viable parties) is entirely created by this electoral system, and somehow demand a change.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Hopefully the new party will roll back those laws and make it more fair in future.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

JD has really been pulling through for us.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He's probably packing his suitcases for an "extended stay" in Russia. And some of them will be packed with money and gold...

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

in Russia.

or the US, he has options.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe he'll go to Albania with Eric Adams.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

What the fuck is that parasite doing in Albania? lol

[–] jagermo@feddit.org 61 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thank you, people of Hungary. You rock

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for sending J.D. Vance our way, it definitely helped!

[–] jagermo@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

I am getting the feeling that JD is not really talented in politics

I'm very proud of Hungary. Even with the media capture and social media bombardment, the nation saw through the fog. And that voter turnout percentage is something I've never heard of in my lifetime in my country.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

While i'm happy Órban is out, do remember that Magyar is Órban-lite and Órban spent 16 years ensuring he'll be hard to get rid of. Magyar may've won the election but he's not in the clear yet.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Holy shit, fantastic result! Orban deserved that lol

[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Yay. :)

I also note the turnout is huge, in the early evening, 75% of eligible people had voted.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

79.5% is the final number. Absolutely insane, people really had enough or Orban

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago

75% of eligible people had voted

Fuck, if only the US could do this.

An incredible number. That is civic duty!

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Someone please tell me the opposition winner is legit and not another Russian stooge

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago

He’s against support for Ukraine. So, outlook not so good. On paper, he’s an improvement over Orbán but he’s still at least center-right. We won’t know until he starts implementing policies.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Hard to tell right now. He used to be one of Orban's buddies up until a few years ago. He's saying the right things right now - less corruption, more services for Hungarians, closer ties to the EU and NATO.

But we'll see. From what I understand, Orban was also seen as a progressive about 20 years ago. But then Putin and greed got their hooks into him. Hopefully the new guy is legit.

If he is legit, I wonder his this will shift the dynamic in the EU. Without Hungary vetoing everything Putin doesn't like, does this clear the path more for Ukraine joining the EU and/or NATO? I know there are a lot of other factors in okay. But the people of Hungary might have just helped others and not just themselves.

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[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 25 points 1 day ago
[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Big congratulations to the people of Hungary. Hopefully this is the start of a much better chapter in their country's history.

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[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 day ago

It surely feels good to see a fascist lose. That's enough for me these days.

[–] Critical_Drinking@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Drunk with power he lost his sense in the end. Next Trump, Netanyahu, Putin and so on.

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[–] runiq@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Good job, friends. Now, a republic once again... if you can keep it.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can't even imagine the elation Hungarians must be feeling right now!

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was insane, we partied until 3 am on the streets of Budapest. People were hanging from poles, shooting fireworks and dancing

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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago

JFC, things have gotten so bad that we are cheering for some Hungarian conservative winning an election.

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