CANADA PERSPECTIVE

Ottawa is following Orbán's exit from power with the close attention of a country with direct stakes in reinforcing NATO's European defences. The National Post headlines the "historic" end of 16 years in office, while the Globe and Mail covered election day by emphasizing the vote "could unseat Orbán, Trump's ally". Canadian press zeroes in on two key elements: first, Tisza's supermajority, which gives Magyar a constitutional mandate, not merely a parliamentary one. Second, the NATO implications—Orbán's Hungary had systematically blocked Alliance initiatives, from Ukraine support to defence investment. The Globe and Mail notes pointedly that Hungarians "voted in record numbers", a detail that legitimises the result against any fraud allegations. For Canada, which has just pushed its defence budget above 2% of GDP, the end of Hungarian obstruction at NATO represents concrete operational relief.