UNC-Chapel Hill Political Science Professor Jakob Wiedekind discusses Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán being ejected after 16 years in a European electoral earthquake episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 6 MIN

UNC-Chapel Hill Political Science Professor Jakob Wiedekind discusses Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán being ejected after 16 years in a European electoral earthquake

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Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global repercussions. Jakob Wiedekind, a UNC-Chapel Hill Political Science professor, joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss the fallout of Orban’s defeat.

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