Charla sobre las elecciones de mañana en Hungría y sobre la posibilidad de que Viktor Orban caiga derrotado, con lo que eso supone para la 🇪🇺, 🇺🇸 o 🇷🇺.
🎙️ Luis García Prado , autor de dos libros sobre el 1er ministro de Hungría
www.rtve.es/play/audios/...
🔥 This court ruling is historical! Not only does it ban LGBTI discrimination, but for the first time it issues a ruling based on Art 2 of the Treaties, that lays down the values on which the European Union is based. A big step for the European Union as a community of values
this feels like a fair assessment
what it doesn't say (and in fairness doesn't claim to either) is the extremely low base we're starting from regarding lgbt+ rights
at this point even a strictly technocratic government will improve matters greatly
It’s striking how deeply the Orbán regime has embedded itself across society — from “civil” organizations to sports federations to cultural institutions. This isn’t just about politics at the top. It’s about networks of influence that reach into everyday life. 🧵
Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) * ... @magyarpeterMP Until 31 May, the Orbán puppets may voluntarily step down from their positions. This applies to the President of Hungary, the President of the Curia, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary, the President of the Constitutional Court, and the Prosecutor General. On 12 April, the Hungarian people voted for a complete political transformation. If these officials do not step down voluntarily by 31 May, then - on the basis of the mandate received from millions of Hungarians — we will remove them from office.
Hungary’s Péter Magyar issues an ultimatum.
Odd timing to make Peter Magyar deal with this in the immediate aftermath of his win, but clearly it was coming given how blatantly the Orban law clashed with EU principles www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
🇪🇺🏳️🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.
Ambassadors meet on Wednesday, with Hungary expected to lift its veto on the implementing rules for the loan, paving the way to finalise the deal – including the legal agreement and payment timeline – by early May.
Last week, Hungarian voters delivered a decisive electoral upset to strongman Viktor Orbán, who spent 16 years consolidating power, capturing institutions, and portraying himself as the global template for illiberal democracy.
Discover #TheStakes here: bit.ly/4toZ3mz
Péter Magyar asked the @ec.europa.eu to suspend the fine imposed on Hungary by the EU Court of Justice due to the Orbán government's asylum policy. “At first they shook their heads, saying it couldn’t be done, but I kept insisting until they said they would try,” he said. 😲
@profpech.bsky.social
"...Orbanism emerged initially as a popular reaction to the impositions of the European Union..."
There is zero evidence that anyone ever voted FOR Orbán because of the EU.
There is plenty of evidence that people voted AGAINST Orbán because of the EU.
🇭🇺🗳️⚖️ Ngl, watching the various phases of denial/bargaining/acceptance by Orban's niu-conservative think tank base that he built on the Danube is fascinating. It's every possible reaction, from just going dark, through "A Maiden has Fallen" op-eds, to the last HU taxpayer-funded oysters and champagne.
“When you only consume this news, you don’t have an opportunity for a reality check – it is your reality,” Panyi said. “You can’t be angry at that 80-year-old grandmother, because that’s what she sees of the world through her TV and her newspapers. CNN
Elections have consequences
💥 Budapest is celebrating the fall of the Orbán regime. Driven by a surge of young Hungarians—first on the streets, then at the ballot box—the message was a deafening “Russians, go home.”
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Magyar has announced 7 ministers for the next government, but the key question of who will be the Minister of Justice remains unresolved. This is a crucial portfolio in next HU governemnt, given its central role in the restoration of the rule‑of‑law.
telex.hu/belfold/2026...
👩💼👩💼The Tisza Party has nominated a woman for the position of speaker of parliament and has elected a woman to lead its 141-member parliamentary group. Péter Magyar announced that the new government will have 16 ministries.
A new chapter begins — with renewal, transparency, professionalism, and human dignity.
Warm congratulations to Ágnes Forsthoffer on her nomination as Speaker of the National Assembly by Péter Magyar!
A beautiful and hopeful day for Hungary. 🇭🇺💖💐
Imagine if this Orbán-loyal figure were treated in Brussels the way EU officials have been treated in Orbán’s Hungary: constant attacks, crude rhetoric, and open hostility. Instead, colleagues assess his performance professionally and with restraint. That contrast says everything.
The next Hungarian government would need to submit a new recovery fund spending plan to the @ec.europa.eu by the end of May, a Tisza party official told @euractiv.com adding that administrative capacity remained the main constraint. EU Commission officials held talks in Budapest at the weekend.
mixed feelings as we're appearing as the Protagonist in the latest Perun video youtu.be/qpEZoK2JmOg?...
Fidesz’s former power brokers are now fretting that the new government will persecute them, send the tax authorities after them, summon them for questioning, and unleash its propaganda on them.
What on earth makes them think that?! 🤔
Antonio Gades actuó por primera vez en Budapest en mayo de 1970. Fue muy exitoso, se hizo famoso en el país y regresó varias veces.
Si hoy quisiera hacerse esta foto en el Bastión de los Pescadores, le tocaría pagar a la empresa que gestiona la terraza en que lo han convertido🥴
Yes, I literally cannot discuss extremely important topics with my family, wonder who's responsible for that Mr. Let's Buy Every Last Media Outlet, Let's Monopolize Public Billboards, Let's Do Psychotic Hate Campaigns Every Year, Let's Do Fake Referenda, Let's Prop Up Paid Influencer Networks, etc.
Interview by @pkrugman.bsky.social of @kimlanelaw.bsky.social about Hungary is superb; well worth 30min (on 2x). Thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social I had the privilege to hear and & meet her in Berlin not too long ago, but this is just INCREDIBLE analysis about #democracy and how it has been gamed.
'Orbán waged a long-running war against Hungary’s cultural and academic institutions. As one of his advisers and lobbyists in Brussels, Frank Füredi...put it: “The most important theater of the cultural war is the war on the past.”'
Excellent analysis by a great Hungarian historian:
