Hungarian General Election 2026

Ok, well I will just venture a guess here that no woman with a pulse, Hungarian or not, would mix up Mr Double Chin Fat here with the “original” Peter Magyar. 😌

@Dubh Geannain

Tactics that reek of desperation and are trying to simply play to people's base instincts; people that haven't got their eyes open to what's really going on.

Yeah, it does seem kind of desperate. Orbán is worried.

I saw a screenshot a while back online of one of Fidesz's posters with Zelenskyy holding up a golden toilet bowl + Péter Magyar and von der Leyen grinning and pouring sacks of cash into it…I would say some these oligarchs are quite partial to a few gilded bathroom fixtures for their follies in the countryside!

The hypocrisy is completely off the charts, but I assume it must play well with the idiot base.

Yep, the drive for boosting birth rates is a very interesting topic alright. If you were looking at it from a cold actuarial perspective, importing ready made taxable adults is economically sensible as the state doesn't need to invest as much in children and it can outweigh social, cultural or other arguments. That's certainly not how I'd look at it nor the majority of the voting public I'd guess.

Personally, I think a lot of Europe has mis-stepped in this regard with an almost laissez faire attitude to their own natural birth rates especially when their economic models require an ever increasing population. A model that is flawed in my opinion also but I don't pretend to know exactly what the fix is for it.

Got the perspective of a Hungarian neighbour of mine.

He says that even more important than Magyar v Orban (he doesn't particularly like either) is that Orban's 2/3rd majority in parliament is reduced. 2/3rds is a key threshold.

With this majority it is too easy for Orban to act like a dictator and make constitutional changes as he feels like - he has the mandate. If it was, say, 55%/45% then he has significantly less power.

So my neighbor's no.1 wish from the election is for it to be as close as possible.

It is truly an absolute failure of due diligence that this Quisling regime remains a member of the EU (and of NATO) in alleged good standing. Hungary should have been suspended from both pending a non-fascist govt taking office. And if no such procedures exist, they need to be drawn up.

OTOH I suspect the other ministers only speak frankly when Putin's lackeys are out of the room.

Saw Netanyahu has endorsed Orbán (following Donald Trump a few days ago). I wonder will that actually benefit him, or harm him, or will it matter at all? It's not something that would sway me very much in an Irish election anyway (statements of a foreign leader)…other than in this specific case, because both of them are so awful! If one or both were ever publicly backing an Irish political party or politician, I would run hard the other way!

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-praises-hungarys-viktor-orban-ahead-of-elections/

That kind of explicit and open meddling in the processes of democracies (Hungary is still nominally that, if seriously flawed - it has been holding free elections, but they are not fair any longer) by "friends" or "allies" (US and Israel) used not to happen.

I suppose it's just going to become normalised now (?).

You'd get so sick and tired of how these horrible greedy old scumbags in positions of power around the world at the moment are poisoning everything, making sure to leave a (much) worse world behind them.

More election interference

Oh no…

Orban is full of it immigration into hungary went up hugely under him as they require workers. Its all bs he is full of it.

As of 2024–2025, the immigrant population in Hungary has grown, with foreign-born residents making up about 6.3% of the total population.

Its just the usual dog whistle. They need labour just like anywhere. On LGBT issues his party have had numerous hilarious scadals about LGBT sex parties etc and politicians turning up. Its always the conservatives.

He will lose.

Magyar isnt perfect but he is very pro European and anti russia. He is way way in the lead. If its a fair election he will win. He is still quite conservative tho. But there you go. Hopefully he wins. If its a true election he will win.

It will certainly be a miracle if they win, the regime respects the result and Magyar takes office. If proper procedures are followed I have no doubt they'll win.

You'd never guess his country had been invaded twice by Russia in the past 80 years. Talk about taking post-colonial servitude to the extreme.

Not to mention the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Yep, all about the $$$$ (never roubles anyway). Though, to be blunt, I doubt patriotism and ethical concerns were ever much of a priority.