Vance, Putin … Zelenskyy: The losers and winners of Hungary’s seismic election

(Max Griera – Politico) Viktor Orbán’s 16-year reign in Budapest has come to an end after he conceded defeat in the Hungarian election to challenger Péter Magyar. With almost all votes counted Sunday night, Magyar looked set to win 138 seats in the 199-seat parliament, a supermajority that will grant him wide powers to reform Hungary. “Hungarians said yes to Europe today, they said yes to a free Hungary,” Magyar told a cheering crowd on the banks of the Danube, while urging Orbán’s loyalists in state institutions to resign. Orbán accepted the results during a speech, saying his Fidesz party would “serve our country and the Hungarian nation from the opposition.” Fidesz is on track to win 55 seats. The ramifications of Sunday’s vote stretch far beyond Hungary’s borders. – Vance, Putin … Zelenskyy: The losers and winners of Hungary’s seismic election – POLITICO