A primer on Hungary’s electoral system.

Hungary has a mixed-member pseudo proportional electoral system.

106 elected in first past the post constituencies

93 by proportional representation in closed lists

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Hungary’s election next week is likely to be the country’s most consequential since the fall of communism — but it won’t be a fair contest.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has seen to that.

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Maybe it’s not just the algorithms that make social media so angry? People in countries with less economic inequality and more democratic society - like Europe - experience social media as less toxic.

If you average all available pollsters' latest results, Tisza has a 9 percentage point lead

If you average all independent polling results, the gap widens to 14 percentage points

Notwithstanding Orban's tricks and traps, what Magyar is on the cusp of achieving is incredible

Growing concern in Brussels Orban will “do a Merz” if he loses elections on 12 Apr

Merz used outgoing parliament to abolish debt brake. Orban could use his supermajority to make himself President with far-reaching executive powers, then veto everything Peter Magyar's Govt then tries to do

Respons Analyse for Fædrelandsvennen 25. mars 2026 800 respondenter. Tatt opp 16/3-23/3.

Respons for Fevennen. Kristiansand/k-valg: H 24,2. Frp 21,5. Ap 20,9. KrF 11,7. R 4,8. V 4,2. SV 4,1. MDG 3,9. A 3,8. Sp 0,7. www.pollofpolls.no?cmd=Maling&g... #politikk

Hungary, Medián poll:

TISZA-EPP: 55% (+4)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 35% (-4)
MH-ESN: 6% (+1)
DK-S&D: 2% (+1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 2% (-1)

+/- vs. 07-13 January 2026

Fieldwork: 18-23 February 2026
Sample size: 1000

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Norway should join the EU, says opposition leader Norwegians voted against joining the EU in 1994. Now it’s time to ask them again, said leader of country’s conservative opposition party.

Norway should reapply to become a member of the European Union in light of their shared security challenges — namely Russia — the leader of the country's conservative opposition party told POLITICO today.

When a government needs AI-generated crowds to inflate a march, something is clearly wrong. Yesterday’s “Peace March” promoted by Orbán and Fidesz seems to have discovered a new European infrastructure project: the infinite bridge of imaginary supporters.

Orbán’s still winning over older rural voters — but not the young Campaigning on the risks of being sucked into the neighboring war in Ukraine is working like a spell on the elderly in Fidesz’s heartlands.

Hungarian Prime Viktor Orbán’s political dominance is in question for the first time in 16 years. And in his ruling party’s rural stronghold, younger voters are complaining their elderly relatives are still spellbound by him.

Gen Z-Backed Rapper Is on Course to Lead Nepal With Landslide Win A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, a 35-year-old politician demanding change is set to become prime minister.

A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, voters have handed a commanding majority to a party headlined by a 35-year-old politician. Partial results of the election released on Sunday gave the party of Balendra Shah 100 out of 165 directly elected parliamentary seats.

Aan de slag - Coalitieakkoord 2026-2030 | Kabinetsformatie Coalitieakkoord tussen D66, VVD en CDA. Het akkoord, met de titel 'Aan de slag, Bouwen aan een beter Nederland', is op 30 januari 2026 gepresenteerd.

Det var valg i Nederland i oktober. 3 måneder senere er koalisjonsavtalen klar. 67 sider.

Regjeringen Jetten vil utrede sperregrense! Hva skjer med hele landet en valgkrets og ingen sperregrense? Skal nå et av glanseksemplene i #sampol106 forsvinne?

www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...

UK to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius despite Trump’s taunts, No 10 says PM’s spokesperson insists the government’s position is unchanged and that the US still supports the deal The UK will press ahead with plans to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius despite Donald Trump calling it an “act of great stupidity” and suggesting it was among the reasons he wants to take over Greenland. The US president said ceding sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory, which includes the Diego Garcia military base, was a sign of “total weakness” by the UK. Continue reading...

UK to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius despite Trump’s taunts, No 10 says

Har vi snakket nok om Whiskykrigen? Verdens aller koseligste krig, og etter min mening burde sette presidens for all krigføring.
Grønnland/Danmark og Canada var i krig i nesten 50 år, om Hans Øy, en knøttliten øy på 1,3 kvadratkilometer, som ligger 18 km fra begge kystene.

UK defends Chagos Islands deal after Trump calls handover 'act of great stupidity' The US president says it is "another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired".

Nå har Trump begynt å kødde med Chagos-øyene også. Av alle rare ting å henge seg opp i. Mulig han ikke orker tanken på å oppgi tertito, samme hvor smått det er. bbc.com/news/article...

"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Første runde i presidentvalget i Portugal i dag. Det går mot andre runde med kandidaten fra Sosialistpartiet mot kandidaten fra ytre høyre – Chega. #sampol106
www.presidenciais2026.mai.gov.pt/resultados/g...

God stemning under årets #aarebrotforelesning, tross dystopisk tema

Stemningen er satt. Klar for Aarebrotforelesningen 2026.

EU chief diplomat Kallas: World’s woes mean it’s time to start drinking EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas privately told lawmakers the state of the world meant it might be a “good moment” to start drinking.

EU chief diplomat Kallas: World’s woes mean it’s time to start drinking

High representative says global events mean now could be a good time to hit the bottle.

Venn diagram of a number of ways to group Nordic and Baltic countries

Look, it's very simple.

Det må bli norderpaa denne gangen

"Fienden sit Vaaben kasted,
op Visiret foer,
vi med Undren mod ham hasted;
thi han var vor Bror.
Drevne frem paastand af Skammen
gik vi søderpaa;
nu vi staar tre Brødre sammen
og skal saadan staa!"

Denmark and allies boost Greenland military footprint as Trump ramps up pressure The deployment comes as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies talk of taking over the Arctic island.

www.politico.eu/article/denm...

Danske soldater, svenske offiser, hvis vi får over noen nordmenn i uniform så snakker vi #skandinavisme

Før Twitter ble en branntomt brukte vi plattformen en del til å formidle fagstoff knyttet til emnene våre her på @sampol.bsky.social Nå gjør vi et nytt forsøk og sammen med @joengene.bsky.social skal det postes om valg, partier og annet snacks utover våren knyttet til #Sampol106 #viprøverigjen

Danskene drar det gamle, dra ting så langt tilbake som mulig for å legitimere eierskap-trikset. Det bør de ikke slippe unna med :-). Jeg tenker at 1814 er 100 %, alt før der kan vi krangle på!

Trenger dere kompetent, faktabasert kunnskap om Grønland og USAs (eller egentlig Trumps) interesser i øya, les @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social sin analyse.

Generasjonspartiet får app-refs Hevdar demokrati-app er nøytral, men partileiaren eig selskapet som utviklar den.

De har jo lansert denne snedige appen, og for bare 299 per måned kan vi også få lov til å delta i demokratiet!

www.tv2.no/nyheter/inne...

– Dette måtte nesten gå gale BTs kommentator skriv om anklagene mot Gyda Oddekalv.

Ser at generasjonspartiet har latt seg inspirere av styringsformen i Iran og Vatikanstaten, og gode gamle Sovjetunionen. Kanskje litt vanskelig å kombinere med direktedemokrati, men definitivt kreativt: www.bt.no/btmeninger/k...

International politics is a lot like Chess. If you kidnap the King, you win and then you get to control the other country.