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Hungary's PM Viktor Orban to leave parliament after landslide defeat

New York Post·Gabrielle Fahmy·6 months ago
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Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban plans to also give up his seat in parliament after a being soundly defeated in a landslide reelection loss, he announced Saturday.

The right-wing populist suffered a “painful” defeat on April 12, that ended the Trump administration ally’s 16-year grip on the nation from Budapest.

He will instead focus on rebuilding his nationalist-populist party Fidesz, he said in Hungarian in the video address on X.

During his time in office, Orban was a favorite among certain factions of the American right, and became a frequent visitor to Mar-a-Lago.…

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