The Hungarian prime minister concedes to Péter Magyar, who is set to win a supermajority in the 199-seat parliament.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I was very unsure that Orban hadn’t rigged the election, and Hungary would become like Belarus.
    I am so relieved to see that democracy worked in Hungary, despite Orban controlling most of the media.

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      6 days ago

      I bet they were rigged, just not enough.

      He sent meat and wine packages to people to buy their votes, control the media and more. Sure is a big relief 😮‍💨

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        6 days ago

        Yes I saw the unpacking of such a box. Looked pretty nice actually. But you’d have to be pretty stupid to fall for it. So IDK if it had any effect.

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          6 days ago

          If you’re a poor farmer not caring for politics… Maybe it’d swing a couple of them from one side to another. Or its like the pizza party at work 😅

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      7 days ago

      He controls the media in Hungary, but foreign media showed Trump, Putin and Netanyahu supporting him and suddenly everybody realised he sucks and shouldn’t be trusted.