A landslide in Hungary, a lift for the EU

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "I would expect Péter Magyar to be focusing on obtaining the EU funds on day one, which means at the same time fulfilling criteria related to rule of law, restoring [the] quality of democracy in Hungary and implementing very strong anti-corruption measures," he said.
55% : In his victory speech on Sunday, Magyar reaffirmed that direction, pledging to restore Hungary as a committed EU and NATO ally.
50% : "I look forward to working with Péter Magyar to make Europe stronger and more prosperous," he wrote on X. For Brussels, the pro-EU Magyar will be a welcome replacement of Orbán, who has long played the role of the Union's chief insider antagonist -- most recently by blocking a €90 billion lifeline for Ukraine.
50% : Armed with a supermajority, Magyar now has the political capital to begin dismantling Orbán's system of patronage and state capture, and unlock billions in EU funds frozen since 2022 over rule-of-law and corruption concerns.
48% : Unlocking the €17 billion in frozen EU funds -- almost one-twelfth of Hungary's GDP -- will be an early credibility test for Magyar.
48% : While the EU should celebrate Orbán's loss, she said, "I think that Magyar really belongs to [...] right-wing populism.
44% : " In an election framed by the ruling party as a choice between war and peace, Brussels or sovereignty, it was the opposition's promise that prevailed: to end the graft and cronyism that has run the Hungarian economy into the ground, and reset a strained relationship with the European Union.
37% : "The vast majority of Hungarian society is now against Ukraine's EU membership and against providing financial support," Bíró-Nagy explained.

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