{"id":49001,"date":"2026-04-15T05:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/49001\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T05:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:02:47","slug":"swiss-observers-satisfied-with-hungarian-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/49001\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss observers satisfied with Hungarian elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3837e23c710b30645a43acbb1d0592ba4e3e7c9c-91247657.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Election observer speaks of &quot;clean procedures&quot; on election day in Hungary\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Election observer speaks of &#8220;clean procedures&#8221; on election day in Hungary            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        According to election observer Sibel Arslan, Sunday&#8217;s elections in Hungary were &#8220;very well organised, very calm and very peaceful&#8221;. Election observer Roland Rino B\u00fcchel also spoke of &#8220;fair elections&#8221; and &#8220;clean procedures&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        April 13, 2026 &#8211; 12:05\n<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian peoples\u2019 decision was clear and there were no doubts about the fairness of the election, B\u00fcchel told the Keystone-SDA news agency on Monday. The Swiss People\u2019s Party parliamentarian from St. Gallen took part in a Council of Europe observation mission in Hungary. His observations were confirmed at a debriefing with other observers on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where she was able to observe the elections, they were \u201cvery fair\u201d, said Arslan . The Green Party parliamentarian from Basel also took part in the mission.<\/p>\n<p>Join the debate: <\/p>\n<p>In the run-up to the elections, international organisations expressed doubts about the fairness of the ballot. On Monday afternoon, the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will announce the initial results of their respective missions.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776229367_961_611203405_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"lots of hungarian flags\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Global elections\n        <\/p>\n<p>        How direct democracy became part of Orb\u00e1n\u2019s \u2018illiberal\u2019 toolkit in Hungary    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Mar 31, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                Since 2010, Hungarian authorities have channelled public sentiment with a range of direct-democratic tools \u2013 including one which even Switzerland\u2019s ample repertoire lacks.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/global-elections\/how-direct-democracy-became-part-of-orb%c3%a1ns-illiberal-toolkit-in-hungary\/91149629\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: How direct democracy became part of Orb\u00e1n\u2019s \u2018illiberal\u2019 toolkit in Hungary<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adapted from German by AI\/ac<\/p>\n<p>                How we work            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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