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EPISODE · Apr 14, 2026 · 12 MIN

Hungarian voters reject its far-right government

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After 16 years, Hungary has a new Prime Minister. Voters have decisively ousted far right leader Viktor Orbán in favour of center right leader Peter Magyar. Nick Thorpe is BBC’s Central Europe correspondent, based in Budapest. He talks about what this could mean for the country's relationship with the European Union, and the future of the far-right movement.

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