Inside Europe. Beyond the Surface.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and opposition leader Péter Magyar amid a political scandal ahead of Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary election. As Hungary barrels toward its April 12 parliamentary election, a tawdry blackmail plot has exposed what critics call the ugliest side of Viktor Orbán ’s long grip on power and sent shockwaves through Brussels. “A Russia-Style Kompromat” Opposition leader Péter Magyar , the rising star of the center-right Tisza party, has gone pu

Hungary’s April 2026 parliamentary election could end Viktor Orbán’s dominance and determine if the country reintegrates with the EU. Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party promises judicial reform, EU cooperation, and economic renewal.