The EU dodged a historic crisis – IDM Director on what was really at stake in Hungary

In a historic election on 12 April, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was voted out of office after 16 years, with Péter Magyar’s Tisza party winning a landslide backed by record turnout. IDM Director Sebastian Schäffer, quoted in iNews, underlined the magnitude of the moment: had Orbán refused to concede, the EU could have faced the unprecedented scenario of having to “dismantle the European Union and establish it without Hungary” or even “accept a government in exile.” Magyar’s victory removes the bloc’s most persistent internal spoiler on Ukraine and enlargement policy, but Schäffer also sounded a note of caution: “We are projecting all of our hopes onto Magyar but we don’t know what he’s going to do.” Anti-corruption was Magyar’s central campaign message, and governing a state whose institutions have been systematically reshaped over 16 years will be the defining test of his leadership. 

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