The ruling Fidesz party obtained the highest number of votes in the European and local elections in Budapest, which were held at the same time on Sunday 9 June. The Tisza party led by Péter Magyar won 29.6 percent of the vote
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Setback for the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán at European elections on Sunday 9 June: Fidesz, the ruling party in Hungarywon with 44.6 percent of the votes, down compared to 2019. The reasons also include the rise of Tisza partyled by Péter Magyar, second with 29.6 percent of the preferences.
Despite being able to comfortably defend his first place Fidesz However, it lost 8 points compared to the 52 percent obtained in the previous European vote and will see its presence in the European Parliament reduced from 13 to 11 seats. Tiszathe conservative former Fidesz MP who left the prime minister’s line-up at the beginning of the year and his main rival, will be present in Strasbourg for the first time with 7 deputies.
Although Fidesz has dominated Hungarian politics since 2010 the result of the European elections photographs the dissatisfaction of many. From the economic crisis to the recent series of scandals involving politicians of the party led by Orbánalways a supporter of family values and Christian conservatism, closer to Putin than to the policies of support for the EU since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
