Orban’s 16-year grip on energy below menace from Magyar | EUROtoday

Hungarians started voting on Sunday in intently watched parliamentary elections that would finish nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year stint in energy as a self-described “thorn” within the EU’s aspect. Orban, 62, who’s in search of a fifth straight time period, has reworked his nation right into a mannequin of intolerant democracy, following Trump in casting migration and “woke” values as a “civilisational” menace. Former authorities insider Magyar, 45, burst onto the scene simply two years in the past, amassing help in opposition to the backdrop of financial stagnation, regardless of an electoral system skewed in favour of Orban’s Fidesz get together. Senior Reporter at 24.hu, Zsolt Kerner, shares his insights on this pivotal election and the way the Hungarian electoral system works.