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Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power. The new prime minister will be sworn in on Saturday, weeks after the results set off [celebrations in Budapest](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/hungary-election-results-eu-europe-leaders-react-peter-magyar-viktor-orban) and Brussels. Magyar, a former member
action or neglect – media freedom is undermined.” Journalist safety in particular reached what the report called “a crisis point” in Europe in 2025, with reporters and media workers facing “extreme physical violence and systemic legal
Viktor Orbán's resounding defeat in Hungary's election last month. Orbán is a close friend and admirer of Donald Trump. That didn't help him at election time. Voters said they were angry about
Viktor Orbán said he took the blame for Fidesz’s loss in the election. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images Speaking late on Thursday, Orbán said the results had laid bare that his rightwing populist Fidesz party
governments, seeing them as inveterate creatures of America. But the signs of the deepening transatlantic split, and the intense pressure being applied to European economies, has led Iran to review its stance on Europe