A couple of items

by Mark, Sunday, April 12, 2026, 15:59 (4 days ago) @ Jack

(1) Does anyone know much about Magyar, the guy who beat Orban? He’s also a conservative, but somehow slipped out of Orban’s party awhile back.

When I prompt AI (google gemini) for differences it appears Magyar is going to try to re-establish the rule of law in Hungary as a step to unlocking $20-30 billion in frozen assets from Europe.

(2) At face value this seems like a good win for democracy. However, Magyar winning a super majority (which seems likely), will be important as it will allow him to remove Orban’s consolidation of power (ie like Orban’s removal of term limits etc).

Magyar has talked about aligning Hungarian currency with the Euro in an effort to help stabilize Hungary’s economy. He’s also talked about allowing European investigators come in and validate a bunch of contracts Orban put in place with Russia and China for Hungarian infrastructure.

On paper all of this sounds great, I wonder how realistic that is, especially since Magyar rose to power under Orban & Orban’s party originally.