Top EU figures issued swift congratulations and urged Hungary to uphold European values, hinting at cautious optimism and a push for renewed cooperation.<\/p>\n
The first congratulations on the election victory in Hungary for the \u2018Tisa\u2019 party came from European leaders: Ursula von der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron, and Friedrich Merz.<\/p>\n
After the results were announced, world leaders expressed support for the Hungarian people and stressed the importance of EU values.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis evening, the heart of Europe beats stronger in Hungary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ursula von der Leyen<\/p>\n
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, published her words on social media, congratulating P\u00e9ter Madar on the victory and emphasizing the values of the EU.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just spoke with P\u00e9ter Madar to congratulate him on the victory in Hungary! France welcomes the victory of democratic participation, the Hungarian people\u2019s insistence on the values of the European Union and Hungary\u2019s European commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Emmanuel Macron<\/p>\n
Macron also urged moving forward toward a sovereign Europe, continental security, competitiveness, and democracy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Hungarian people have made their choice. My sincere congratulations on your electoral success, dear Madar. I look forward to working with you. Let us join forces for a strong, safe and, above all, united Europe\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Friedrich Merz<\/p>\n
The German Chancellor expressed hope for fruitful cooperation and strengthening European unity in the context of Hungary\u2019s new political realities.<\/p>\n
The victory of the \u2018Tisa\u2019 party became a signal for further developing dialogue between EU countries and intensifying joint efforts toward European integration and regional stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top EU figures issued swift congratulations and urged Hungary to uphold European values, hinting at cautious optimism and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[16533,233,16534,16532,50,16535,16536],"class_list":{"0":"post-23533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-friedrich-merz","8":"tag-eu-leaders-reaction","9":"tag-friedrich-merz","10":"tag-hungary-election-2026","11":"tag-hungary-election-2026-tisa-party-victory-eu-leaders-reaction-von-der-leyen-macron-merz","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tisa-party-victory","14":"tag-von-der-leyen-macron-merz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116394000528215721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}