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Magyar Sworn In, Ending Orbán's 16-Year Rule

Magyar Sworn In, Ending Orbán's 16-Year Rule

Magyar Sworn In, Ending Orbán's 16-Year Rule
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Magyar's landslide win — 141 seats to Fidesz's 52 — is a clear mandate to dismantle 16 years of embedded corruption and illiberal rule. Voters handed Tisza a supermajority precisely because Orbán's system had become a propaganda-fueled power machine that rigged courts, media and elections in its favor. With 72% of Hungarians now backing Magyar, the country is finally turning the page on competitive authoritarianism.

Magyar's victory is Brussels popping champagne, not Hungarians winning their freedom. His pledge to adopt the euro and restore EU flags to parliament signals a full surrender of Hungarian sovereignty to Eurocrats who despised Orbán precisely because he put his own people first. Under Orbán, Hungary posted real GDP growth, low unemployment and strong investment — Magyar's Faustian bargain with Brussels risks trading all of that away.

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