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Orban's Demise Is a Blow for French Far Right, but Not a Fatal One

Summary by The Local - Fr
The Hungarian people have decisively rejected authoritarian leader Viktor Orban and France's Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella seem worried - so is this the beginning of an anti-populist wave in Europe? If only politics was so simple, writes John Lichfield.
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CHRONIQUE. The pro-Russian and pro-Trump positioning of Hungarians remains problematic for the RN, which favours a strategy of normalisation with the French electorate Almost all of Europe seems to have been covered by an of of relief with the fall of Viktor Orbán Sunday. All? No! An irreducible Gaulish village resists. Or rather a sub-category of Gauls. Those who are not yet in power but already see it.On social network X, the boss of the far r…

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The fall of this ally of Marine Le Pen appears as a bad signal for the National Rally, but according to Stéphane Zumsteeg, director of the political and opinion department at the poll institute Ipsos Bva, he...

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In the wake of Viktor Orban's defeat, the National Rally struggled to hide its dismay at the loss of its main European ally.

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With Péter Magyar's victory in the country's parliamentary elections, Jordan Bardella's party and Marine Le Pen are losing one of its most powerful allies in Europe.

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The Hungarian Prime Minister, a long-time member of the RN, suffered a severe defeat to the legislatures on Sunday, which propelled a pro-European opponent. A hard blow for the French far-right party: for Marine Le Pen, the nationalist leader is a "pionnier" in Europe, with whom she has strong personal ties. These results may well weigh on his ambitions to reshape the face of Europe in 2027. - With the fall of Viktor Orban in Hungary, Marine Le …

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Liberation broke the news in Paris, France on Monday, April 13, 2026.
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