'A Rude Awakening': How France Reacted to World Cup Semi-Final No-Show
Footage from a livestream showed Orbán reacting to Spain’s 2-0 win while seated with family members below the VIP section.
- On Tuesday, Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán watched Spain's 2-0 victory over France at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, accompanied by family members.
- Orbán departed Hungary for the United States as parliament voted on the 17th amendment to the Fundamental Law, which imposes a 12-year term limit on MPs.
- Footage from a livestream captured Orbán reacting to key moments, while Hungarian Football Federation President Sándor Csányi watched from the VIP area seated near FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
- Gergely Gulyás, former Fidesz minister, resigned as parliamentary group leader on the day Orbán departed, while critics accused the former prime minister of abandoning his party during the constitutional crisis.
- With the World Cup final scheduled for Sunday, July 19, in Seattle, Orbán plans to attend; Fidesz will elect a new parliamentary group leader after his July 21 return.
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In the purest NBA or NFL style, FIFA has found in the World Cup an ideal setting to import a very American tradition: to turn the stands into an extension of the show. Between play and play, the television production directed the spotlights towards the boxes of the AT&T Stadium of Dallas -the stadium that inspired the reform of Santiago Bernabéu-, where Javier Bardem, Timothée Chalamet, David Beckham or Usain Bolt met. Also the legends that conq…
Viktor Orbán watched the Spain-France World Cup semi-final in the stands in Dallas and also appeared in the TikTok video of the famous influencer and YouTuber IShowSpeed.
The former prime minister appeared in a video by the frenzied and barking American streamer IShowSpeed, and according to the recording, he was not happy about the Spanish victory.
The video broadcast by influencer IShowSpeed shows the Fidesz president watching a match. Sára Orbán's husband even accompanied him.
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