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What's behind Viktor Orban's defeat? - Inside Story - Al Jazeera English
After 16 years, Hungary’s far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his populist Fidesz Party have been defeated.
Orban’s former ally Peter Magyar will now take the helm.
Magyar says his conservative Tisza Party will shift away from Russia and towards the European Union.
But Orban had been supported not just by Putin, but by Netanyahu in Israel and Trump in the US.
So how will Washington react to the result after it publicly backed his government?
Can Budapest improve its relations with Brussels? And will that change the level of Europe’s support for Ukraine?
Presenter: Scott McLean
Guests
Gabor Scheiring, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and a former member of National Assembly of Hungary
Carl Bildt, Co-Chair of European Council on Foreign Relations and the Former Swedish Prime Minister
Kim Lane Scheppele, Professor at Princeton University. - 04/13/2026.