{"id":592276,"date":"2026-04-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592276"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:00:00","slug":"orban-vs-magyar-did-the-eu-get-played-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592276","title":{"rendered":"Orb\u00e1n Vs Magyar: Did The EU Get Played?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orb\u00e1n Vs Magyar: Did The EU Get Played?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Arthur Schaper via American Greatness,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Viktor Orb\u00e1n, the valiant populist, the restorer of the Christian faith in Hungary, the welcome thorn in the side of the EU establishment, and the strong ally of President Trump since his first bid for office, has lost his own re-election bid. I had a feeling it would come to this.<\/p>\n

Sixteen years of uninterrupted administration as a strong force for conservative, right-wing nationalist populism have come to an end, at least with Orb\u00e1n as the head of it.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, voters have a strange fatigue when it comes to governments. <\/strong>Fourteen years of a \u201cconservative\u201d UK government ushered in the Labour Party in 2024. However, fatigue doesn\u2019t explain Orb\u00e1n\u2019s crushing loss.<\/p>\n

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What set that off?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Corruption charges and the argument that his administration had looked the other way when sex abuse scandals broke out at a local school.<\/p>\n

Economics reared its ugly head, as well, since the EU was cutting off its funding. Orb\u00e1n\u2019s supposed lack of judicial reforms, as well as his uniform check on EU policy, frustrated Brussels.<\/p>\n

Orb\u00e1n faced a crisis election, and inviting US VP JD Vance to campaign on his behalf didn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n

Why would Hungarian voters care what a foreign politician thinks? <\/strong>This desperate move only exacerbated how out of touch the Orb\u00e1n government had become. Critics also saw him as too close to Russian \u201cpresident\u201d Vladimir Putin and unhelpful in resolving the Russo-Ukrainian war. The EU had been waiting for this opportunity: an unpopular Orb\u00e1n facing electoral collapse.<\/p>\n

They were salivating for a post-Orb\u00e1n Hungary, one that would stop its Christian restorationism, welcome more LGBT promotion, tolerate more spending, and open its borders.<\/p>\n

Would the Orb\u00e1n replacement accomplish their scheme?<\/strong><\/p>\n

His challenger, P\u00e9ter Magyar, was trained and prepped as an Orb\u00e1n acolyte.<\/p>\n

In 2024, he broke from his party, but not over core policy. Magyar (whose name means \u201cHungarian,\u201d for what it\u2019s worth) campaigned to end corruption and restore good government in Hungary. He campaigned to the right of Orb\u00e1n, calling for an end to importing cheap labor into the country. He campaigned on cracking down harder on immigration\u2014illegal and mass\u2014than the incumbent.<\/p>\n

His message, if anyone was listening, wasn\u2019t pro-EU. He was still asking the question: \u201cWhat about us Hungarians?\u201d<\/p>\n

Supporters of the cultural restoration Right thought that Orb\u00e1n was not getting the job done. Was he failing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 12, 2026, Magyar\u2019s Tisza Party swept the elections: supermajority status, up to 140 out of 199 seats. Orb\u00e1n won 56 seats, and another far-right party won the rest.<\/p>\n

Sure, EU progressive elites celebrate Orb\u00e1n\u2019s loss, as did Barack Obama and George Soros. They view the downfall of Orb\u00e1n as a harbinger for the end of Republican hegemony in Washington later this year.<\/p>\n

Yet look again at the results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections. I mentioned three parties that won seats: three right-wing parties. Not one left-wing or centrist element came to power or won seats. A minimum threshold of five percent in the election results is required for a party to place. The left was shut out of the Hungarian Parliament.<\/p>\n

The Right Wing won Hungary. Orb\u00e1n may have lost his premiership, but Orb\u00e1nism is standing strong.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This election focused on personalities, not principles.<\/p>\n

Magyar is just as socially conservative as Orb\u00e1n. He has already pledged to end the foreign permit workers. He wants to give Hungarians in other countries a chance to come back to their own country and thrive again. That\u2019s about as \u201cHungary First\u201d as it gets!<\/p>\n

Magyar has already stated that he will not support fast-tracking Ukraine\u2019s membership into the EU. Huge move for ending the Russo-Ukrainian war!<\/p>\n

He announced a diversification plan for energy. Instead of relying predominantly on Russia, he wants to draw oil from the South and the West, as well. This sounds like real economic freedom for Hungary. National populism is great, but it must face economic realities. Too many right-wing populist governments are shoveling out money to voters for school supplies, raising families, and pensions. Where is the money supposed to come from? More taxes?! From whom?<\/p>\n

Right-wing socialism is still . . . socialism, and Orb\u00e1n had a problem here.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eventually, the government runs out of others\u2019 money, or inflation bites whatever purchasing power the government intended for the people. Inflation and tariff pressures weighed down Orb\u00e1n\u2019s reelection chances.<\/p>\n

Orb\u00e1n\u2019s Hungary was still not the perfect social conservative paradise for other reasons.\u00a0Prostitution is still legal<\/a>.\u00a0Abortion is also still legal<\/a>. While countries need to encourage their native populations to bear children, that vision will collapse in the face of easy sex and no responsibility. Cultural norms need reinforcement, with no tolerance for deviance.<\/p>\n

Orb\u00e1n and his\u00a0party imposed vaccine passports<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0health mandates<\/a>\u00a0during COVID. How is this good for the working public? Where is the freedom? Too much state-sponsored anything is bad for a country.<\/p>\n

Even now,\u00a0Hungarians cannot own a gun<\/a>\u00a0without passing strict government demands.\u00a0Czechia made self-defense a right<\/a>, and in\u00a0Switzerland everyone owns a gun<\/a>\u00a0(though it\u2019s registered with the state).<\/p>\n

Throughout his tenure, Orb\u00e1n strengthened ties with China, joining the\u00a0deceptive Belt and Road initiative<\/a>. He even\u00a0allowed Chinese police to operate in his country<\/a>! American citizens voiced righteous outrage when the local press exposed former New York City mayor Eric Adams\u00a0for allowing a CCP-run police station<\/a>\u00a0in the Big Apple. Yet no one on the Right complained about Orb\u00e1n allowing CCP Hungary? That\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s room for improvement, and Magyar has the opportunity to exceed Orb\u00e1n\u2019s victories while correcting his mistakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He is already doubling down on stopping mass migration!<\/p>\n

He is committed to putting all Hungarians first, and he is fighting for the rights of ethnic Hungarians in other countries.<\/p>\n

Magyar must revive and restore Hungary\u2019s economy. One can hope he will place his country in a better position to profit without dependence and root out undue Chinese influence.<\/p>\n

In a media masterstroke, he appeared on state television to discuss his plans for the country.\u00a0Without missing a beat, he dressed down the reporter interviewing him<\/a>, castigating the news organization for not allowing him on their program over the last year and a half. He then scolded them for lying about him and his family.<\/p>\n

Then came the coup de grace: he announced his government plan to cut their funding and shut them down. Hungary needs honest independent media, he said, not government-funded agitprop that would inspire envy in Joseph Goebbels or North Korea.<\/p>\n

He is not hostile to Putin,\u00a0but he will not engage him aggressively either<\/a>: sounds a lot like Trump!<\/strong><\/p>\n

He will not participate in\u00a0the EU migration pact<\/a>. He is keeping up the border fences, but he has also pledged to find a way for the EU to release the funds that the country needs, too.<\/p>\n

He is making inroads with his Slavic neighbors, including the more populist, nationalist leaders in Slovakia and Czechia.<\/p>\n

Magyar reminds me of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. He isn\u2019t just talking the national populist talk. He is walking the walk, and he is sprinting ahead with major reforms.<\/p>\n

Orb\u00e1n was T-800. Magyar may well be T-1000, and the EU Left is going to find that he will be worse for their globalist, leftist, secularist agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 04\/28\/2026 – 02:00<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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