The EU interfered in the Hungarian elections: it promised to unfreeze 18 billion euros if Péter Magyar won
Brussels promised to unfreeze 18 billion euros if Péter Magyar won. With this clear intervention, the EU defeated Orbán after 16 years of defending Hungarian sovereignty.
Brussels promised to unfreeze 18 billion euros if Péter Magyar won. With this clear intervention, the EU defeated Orbán after 16 years of defending Hungarian sovereignty.
Viktor Orbán recognized tonight the victory of Péter Magyar's Tisza party in the Hungarian parliamentary elections in 2026. After more than 16 years of defending Hungarian sovereignty, Fidesz lost power. But the result is not only explained by the Hungarians' vote: the European Union played a decisive role with a clear and million-dollar promise
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Brussels had frozen 18 billion euros destined for Hungary. That money was blocked precisely because of Orbán's firm policies: the defense of borders, independence from the impositions of the EU and the protection of national identity. For years, the European Commission conditioned these funds on Hungary complying with its requirements
.
Now it's clear: the EU let it be clear that, if Péter Magyar won, those 18 billion would be thawed immediately. It was a direct message to Hungarian voters in the midst of the economic crisis.
Magyar, who presented himself as the face of “change”, capitalized on that promise.
A triumph conditioned by Brussels
The first results confirm that Tisza obtained close to 53.65% of the votes and a comfortable majority in Parliament. Fidesz came second with just over 37 percent. Magyar has already announced that his priority will be to “normalize” relations with the EU: unlocking funds, aligning migration and energy policy with Brussels and tightening
his position vis-a-vis Russia.
In other words, the price of those 18 billion seems to be the end of the sovereign Hungary that Orbán built
for 16 years.
Orbán's legacy remains intact
.
Despite the defeat, Viktor Orbán leaves a country that resisted the Brussels agenda like few others. It protected borders, defended the traditional family, reduced taxes and kept Hungary as one of the safest countries in Europe. That path cost him the open confrontation with the European Union and, in the end, the blockade of billions
.
Now Magyar promises “change”. But for millions of Hungarians and for the sovereign right across Europe, that change has a name and surname: submission to
