Update on the Hungarian Center-Right Parliamentary Election Victory

The center-right opposition party, TISZA, won a two-thirds supermajority in last week’s Hungarian parliamentary election, in which the far-right authoritarian anti-migrant pro-Russian party that has ruled for 16 years was ousted. Not only will they be able to govern without having to form a coaltion with the center-left or any other parties, but they will be able to enact reforms and investigate corruption. TISZA’s Prime Minister-designate, Peter Magyar, has already announced that they will cut off funding of far-right think tanks and the American Conservative Political Action Committee that has turned from principled conservatism to far-right populist Trumpism (protectionism, nativism and isolationism, with support or tolerance for authoritarianism, corruption and cruelty). Hungary's autocratic Government, led by Viktor Orban, who was regarded as a model by the European and American far-right, had taken over Hungarian cultural institutions, compromised academic freedom, undermined the independence of the judiciary and limited the freedom of the press. As I had posted in my last post, many far-right leaders, including Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, had openly backed Orban in his losing cause. Orban's Fedesz party turned Hungary into the least prosperous and most corrupt member of the European Union. His anti-migrant policies, instead of guaranteeing Hungarian prosperity, contributed to its economic decline, while reamaining dependent on Russian energy and thus subject to the demands of Russian tyrant and ex-Soviet intelligence officer Vladimir Putin, who is trying to restore the Soviet Union and Russian Empire. Magyar also announced that he will unblock the European Union’s loan to Ukraine to defend against Russian aggression against the former Soviet Republic. Hungary is an ally of the United States as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.