Hungary at a Crossroads: Orbán Gambles His 16 Years in Power Against a Former Ally Who Wants Him Out

Germany

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Pragmatic analysts · 4 of 11 countries

Berlin deciphers why Orbán lasted 16 years and prepares to manage the consequences of change it hopes for but cannot control

Canada

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Pragmatic analysts · 4 of 11 countries

Ottawa restores the vote to its concrete context: corruption and purchasing power will determine the outcome, not geopolitics

China

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Anxious observers · 2 of 11 countries

Beijing discovers Chinese companies in Hungary face a reckoning — regardless of who wins the election

United States

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Pragmatic analysts · 4 of 11 countries

Washington reduces Hungary to five points without seeing the link to its own strategic interests in Europe

France

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Pro-democratic change · 4 of 11 countries

Paris oscillates between sympathy for Hungarians tired of Orbán and outrage at accusations of pro-Putin betrayal

Italy

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Pro-democratic change · 4 of 11 countries

Rome sees Orbán cornered and crying conspiracy — a mirror of Italian populism that Meloni watches with concern

United Kingdom

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Pro-democratic change · 4 of 11 countries

London reads Orbán's possible fall as proof that populism has limits — a test for all of Europe

Russia

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Anxious observers · 2 of 11 countries

Moscow covers Hungary with the anxiety of someone risking loss of its last veto in the European Council

Serbia

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Direct neighbors · 2 of 11 countries

Belgrade follows the vote as a neighbor sharing the same dilemmas between EU and Russia, democracy and autocracy

Singapore

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Pragmatic analysts · 4 of 11 countries

Singapore deciphers possible scenarios with the clinical interest of an autocracy observing how strong regimes fall

Ukraine

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Pro-democratic change · 4 of 11 countries

Kyiv observes with barely concealed satisfaction the Kremlin preparing for Orbán's defeat and loss of its last European ally