DECRYPTION – The Hungarian Prime Minister has been a constant favorite since 2010 in the legislative elections on Sunday.
Budapest
According to the polls, there would be no more suspense. Viktor Orban, at the head of his ultra-conservative party, Fidesz, is declared the winner by all the opinion polls. Some even anticipate a very large victory for the Prime Minister, who is seeking a fourth consecutive term since returning to power in 2010. “I can’t remember a time when the stars were so aligned 19 days before the election,” had fun Viktor Orban, illustrating all the confidence that lives in his troops.
However, these legislative elections had been announced as unprecedented. For the first time in twelve years, the six main opposition parties, including the socialists, the ecologists, the social democrats, the liberals as well as the former ideologically refocused far-right party, have united in a one and the same coalition. After the harsh and humiliating defeats of 2014 and 2018, when Fidesz systematically won…
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