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Hungary's Viktor Orban concedes defeat in election with global consequences
9 minutes Posted Apr 12, 2026 at 11:51 pm.
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Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close ally of both President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, conceded defeat in an historic election in Hungary. The results of the vote will have far reaching consequences, potentially reshaping the central European country's relationship with the EU and laying bare the weaknesses of Orban's style of far-right, nationalist populism.

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