#HUNGARY: Landslide Victory For PM Orbán's Party

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The final results of Hungary's parliamentary elections have been published, confirming a landslide victory of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition.

The Fidesz-KDNP coalition will take 135 of the 199 seats in Hungary's parliament, NVI informed on Saturday, after counting the last votes cast in the Parliamentary elections held on April 3.

The opposition alliance, consisting of the Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, Momentum Movement, Hungarian Socialist Party and Dialogue for Hungary, received 57 seats.

While some have said that Orbán's victory is a victory for Russia's Putin, due to Orbán's refusal to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and his long-standing support for Putin, others have attributed the victory to purely national and local issues.

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#EU: Hungary's PM Orban Pulls Party From Conservative Bloc In EU Parliament

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has pulled his Fidesz Party from the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament after the conservative bloc approveed new internal rules this week.

Orban issued the ultimatum that he'd act on February 28 in a letter to Manfred Weber, the German politician who heads the conservative EPP bloc, the largest faction in the European Parliament, representing the center-right parties in Europe.

The EPP parliamentary group, which includes German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, has been squabbling with Fidesz for years.

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#HUNGARY: Anti-Gay Euro Parliament Politician Resigns After Attending "All-Male" Sex Party

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Hungarian European Parliament member  József Szájer, 59, representing the ruling conservative Fidesz Party, unexpectedly resigned November 29, citing personal reasons.

"Those who are on the battlefield must be in a state of combat readiness," Szájer wrote in his resignation letter.

A Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp wrote that two days prior to his resignation, on Friday, November 27, Brussels police had raided an illegal party with over 20 attendees, in violation of current coronavirus restrictions, which include a curfew between 10 pm and 6 am. Several Hungarian and Belgian outlets rapidly picked up the story. Szájer was identified as being at the party and later admitted it. 

News reports say the outspoken anti-gay politician, who crafted the nation's anti-same-sex marriage law, had attended what they revealed was a "gay orgy" of at least "25 men." 

András Pulai, CEO of a Hungarian liberal think-tank, wondered why only Szájer's name was released. His Fidesz Party is staunchly anti-EU. Pulai sees a political motive for selectively releasing Szájer's involvement.

"If there were many important people there, why has only Fidesz's most important EU politician been named (so far)?" 

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#HUNGARY: Opposition Parties Delay PM Orban's State Of Emergency Declaration

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Opposition parties voted against "fast-tracking a bill in parliament to allow Prime Minister Viktor Orban to declare a state of emergency.

The opposition voted against deviating from house rules, so the earliest the bill can be approved in a fast-tracked procedure will be in six days’ time.

The proposal to deviate from house rules – which would have needed four-fifth majority to pass – was supported by 137 lawmakers from the ruling Fidesz and Christian Democrat parties, national minority representatives and four MPs of the Mi Hazank party. Fully 52 lawmakers voted against, namely opposition Jobbik, Socialist, Democratic Coalition, LMP and Parbeszed lawmakers and four independents.

The opposition said they voted against the bill because it does not contain a time limit for maintaining the state of emergency.

The proposal to fast-track the bill, which needed two-thirds majority support to pass, was supported with 152 votes for and 31 against.

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#HUNGARY: Parliament Passes "Anti-Soros" Bill; Makes It A Crime To Help Recent Immigrants

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Hungary’s parliament has passed a package of legislation making helping asylum seekers punishable with up to a year in prison. The legislation swept through a lower house of parliament dominated by the ruling Fidesz Party, in a 160 to 18 vote. Under the provisions of the "Stop Soros law," it becomes a criminal offence to carry out "organisational activities" that assist immigrants not entitled to protection with asylum requests, and to help people “residing illegally in Hungary” to get a residence permit.

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#HUNGARY: PM Orban Accepts His Party's Nomination To Seek Another 4-Year Term

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Hungary’s right-wing prime minister Viktor Orban accepted his ruling Fidesz Party’s endorsement on Sunday to lead it into an election next year, saying he needed another four-year term in power to make his transformation of the country "irreversible."

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