Orbán steps back after a landslide loss, vowing to rebuild Hungary’s ‘national side’
The outgoing prime minister said he will focus on rebuilding Fidesz after the party lost 83 seats and a two-thirds parliamentary majority.
- Viktor Orbán said he will not take a parliamentary seat after losing the recent election.
- The vote ended his 16-year rule, with victory going to Péter Magyar and his Tisza Party.
- The new government holds a two-thirds majority, enabling it to reverse many of Orbán’s policies.
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After his defeat in Hungary, Viktor Orbán has announced that he will resign from the House of Representatives. "He is currently not used in Parliament," he explains.
He ruled Hungary for 16 years and continued to fight with the EU. After his defeat Viktor Orbán now wants to withdraw from the parliament in Budapest. He is not needed there "at the moment".
Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, announced on Saturday that he will resign from his term as a member after his coalition suffered a decisive electoral defeat after 16 years in power. Orbán lost on 12 April to pro-European conservative Peter Magyar, whose party won a two-thirds majority in Parliament. He was post-Orban: Understand the factors that should make it difficult to break the election in Putin's Hungary. Analysis: Orbán's defeat i…
Hungary's outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said he will not take a seat in parliament after his party suffered a landslide defeat that ended his 16-year rule. "I am not needed in parliament now, but for the reorganisation of the patriotic movement," he said in a statement. Despite his nationalist Fidesz party falling from 135 seats to 52 in the April 12 vote, Orban was re-elected as an MP on its proportional representation list. Tisza, l…
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