The Price of Orbán's Downfall: Why Hungary's Opposition is in Ruins

Monday, Apr 20, 2026

Hungary’s opposition faces a political void after left-liberal parties sacrificed themselves for Péter Magyar, following Fidesz’s controversial laws.

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Following the passage of a controversial restriction on assembly rights by the Fidesz majority in March 2025, members of the liberal Momentum movement lit flares inside the Hungarian Parliament. Previously, the opposition’s slogan before the 2022 election was “All against one,” with six parties uniting in the “Together for Hungary” alliance to remove the right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.


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