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Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by surgical_fire »

Symbiote wrote: post #38
comrade1234 wrote: post #35

Flagged due to sour grapes.

My guess is it's flagged by Americans (it's their daytime) who don't realize the significance of this result to the EU and potentially the EU's response to the war in Ukraine.

Eh, I guess that people that flagged it know quite well what this result mean to the EU, they just hate it because they want to see the EU fail.

Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by sph »

It all seems so easy, despite the efforts of Putin and the US to support a guy that was there for almost two decades. I wonder if the incumbent party is, somehow, in the pocket of those fascists. I have a hard time accepting they’d just shrug and move on from being able to control a puppet state that’s the thorn in EU’s side.

Any reason not to be so cynical? I am unfamiliar with the details of Hungarian politics, but I can’t help wondering if it is staged. And why would Orbán just roll over after all this time in power?

Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by mandeepj »

jacquesm wrote: post #7
lysace wrote: post #3

Welcome back to Europe, Hungary.

Time will tell. Keep in mind that his successor was part of Orban's party in the past.

They all start from the same root whether Trump (once a democrat), BJP (part of congress, oldest political party in India)

Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by esbranson »

chollida1 wrote: post #4

Sad commentary on the modern world where my first thought was, well good for Orban to concede defeat. Not all current world heads of state have that much maturity. This bodes well for the midterm state of the European union.

No, this is not sad commentary on the modern world.

Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by esbranson »

mstade wrote: post #8
chollida1 wrote: post #4

Sad commentary on the modern world where my first thought was, well good for Orban to concede defeat. Not all current world heads of state have that much maturity. This bodes well for the midterm state of the European union.

As a fellow European this is the biggest surprise of the election, I thought for sure he'd pull a Trump.

Getting arrested after losing an election? Or getting arrested as an opposition candidate in an election which he later won?

Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by jredwards »

Symbiote wrote: post #38
comrade1234 wrote: post #35

Flagged due to sour grapes.

My guess is it's flagged by Americans (it's their daytime) who don't realize the significance of this result to the EU and potentially the EU's response to the war in Ukraine.

American here. I was at a party when I saw the news and gleefully announced it to the table I was sitting at. We were all pleased with both the result and the concession.

...we know.

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