Viktor Orbán has conceded in a speech to supporters, telling them: “The result of the election is clear and painful.”
I assume by “painful” he means “delightful”.
Viktor Orbán has conceded in a speech to supporters, telling them: “The result of the election is clear and painful.”
I assume by “painful” he means “delightful”.
Here’s to hoping for a shift in the Hungarian Overton Window such that the new guy will in a few years be outvoted from the left.
Define left. He ran on wealth taxes, no income taxes on minimal wage and reining in corporations. Not much further “left” of him, at least by policy right now as I could see.
His party is a member of the EPP. How do I define “left”? Anything to the left of the EPP would do for now.
I’m glad that Orban is out but it’s not like Hungary just elected Zohran Magyardani.
His job is not to reform the EU, his job is to fix Hungary. For that, he needs to normalise relations with the EU, or the country is going bankrupt in months.
The party which would have been with the social democrats in the EPP has managed to erode workers rights and introduce austerity while their politicians were getting rich off of public funds.
I’ll take a renewables focused climate policy, less corporate welfare, and generally better social services funded by wealth taxes and reclaimed national wealth from the rich over saying the right things in Brussels.
At least to me, workers should matter more to the left than party colours or performative bullshit.
In all sincerity, I wish you and Hungary all the best.
Magyardani heh.
he is the new left, thanks to normalization of extreme right