{"id":60644,"date":"2026-04-14T10:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/60644\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:28:07","slug":"statement-on-the-hungarian-election-from-mcc-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/60644\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the Hungarian Election from MCC Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a press release kindly provided to us by MCC Brussels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s Hungarian election saw an unprecedented exercise of democratic rights by the Hungarian people. They voted in their millions for change, and Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n of Hungary graciously conceded defeat to his opponent.<\/p>\n

This enormous mobilization of the population should be the final nail in the coffin of the increasingly desperate narrative, favoured by EU elites and the Brussels media, that Orb\u00e1n was a dangerous autocrat who had built an anti-democratic system. Orb\u00e1n remained a democrat to his core.<\/p>\n

Orb\u00e1n\u2019s defeat is naturally a significant setback to those who support the values which defined his rule: national sovereignty, strong borders, and proud defence of national values. It is a sign of the depth of Orb\u00e1n\u2019s influence that even his opponent P\u00e9ter Magyar was forced to speak in these terms.<\/p>\n

While Magyar should be judged on his record\u2014and we hope he will be as firm in defending these values as Prime Minister Orb\u00e1n has been\u2014we should be wary of simply taking Magyar at his word. It is clear, not just from the ecstatic mood among EU elites but also from Magyar\u2019s signature campaign promises \u2014such as the unfreezing of EU funds and the expansion of the European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office\u2014that Magyar plans to significantly accommodate to the diktats of Brussels. <\/p>\n

Magyar will have a difficult time protecting Hungary\u2019s sovereignty, borders and culture whilst allowing Brussels to stamp its mark on the country. He also leads a highly heterogenous coalition which will be difficult to hold together under stress.<\/p>\n

EU elites should also be wary of celebrating too soon. Whilst Orb\u00e1n may have been defeated, the wider mood of the continent is unchanged. The populist revolution is still very much ongoing. The pushback against the EU elite\u2019s addiction to uncontrolled migration, its disastrous energy and environmental policies, and its culture war against the values of European civilization is still well underway.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, populists, patriots and genuine conservatives should seriously reckon with the lessons of this defeat. There will be much debate about the meaning of this election, and clearly the desire for change played a significant role, but we draw attention to three often under-emphasized factors.<\/p>\n

First, far from being a marginal phenomenon, the influence of the globalist outlook of identity politics ought to be a core concern for us all. There is a powerful ideology which seeks to detach people from their national consciousness, their sense of civilization and history, and replace genuine solidarity with the contemporary identities of gender, race or sexuality. The considerable resources of the European Commission, such as its army of funded NGOs, push this ideology day and night. Defeating this is key to the success of any populist candidate.<\/p>\n

Second, and relatedly, is the need to thoroughly convince a new generation of voters, both young people and those who have been politically inactive for some time. Many European populist movements are successfully linking the sense of disaffection that exists among young people to their core concerns, but there is much more to be done.<\/p>\n

Third, we draw attention to a perennial problem on the European Right. The obfuscatory language and secretive operation of the European Union institutions means we must work exceptionally hard to translate the dangerous trends in Brussels into the everyday language of ordinary voters. People\u2019s concerns will rightly be focused on everyday issues of peace and prosperity. This is why it is especially important to find new ways to link the destructive policies of the EU elites to people\u2019s everyday reality. When so much of the threat to our civilization happens \u2018over there\u2019 in Brussels, we must be better at explaining what it means \u2018over here\u2019 in the towns and villages of our nation-states.<\/p>\n

Finally, many are asking what the election means for MCC Brussels. As an independent organization, we will continue to research, analyse and advocate around our core concerns, and continue to hold the European Union institutions to account. <\/p>\n

We look forward to continuing to work with our friends and comrades across the continent.<\/p>\n

Related articles:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following is a press release kindly provided to us by MCC Brussels. Sunday\u2019s Hungarian election saw an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[104],"tags":[211,210,21997,327,71,21999,22000,7779,23813,6552,4929,494,4038],"class_list":["post-60644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-belgium","tag-brussels","tag-elections-2026","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-hungarian-election","tag-hungarian-election-2026","tag-hungarian-elections-2026","tag-mcc-brussels","tag-peter-magyar","tag-populism","tag-press-release","tag-viktor-orban"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116402592738880074","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}