About this episode
Péter Magyar's historic victory in Hungary's elections marks a significant political shift away from Viktor Orbán's long-standing rule.
Péter Magyar has won a historic victory in Hungary's elections, bringing to an end Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power. Orban had been a close partner of US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Whereas Magyar wants a better relationship with the rest of the EU and Ukraine. Almost 80% of people who could, turned out to vote, which broke records. Magyar’s Tisza party has won a huge majority, which will allow him to change both Orbán's increasingly unpopular domestic policies and Hungary’s global relationships. Learn about the news in a level of English you can understand with Georgie and Phil. Get a free worksheet for this episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260415 Learn about all our podcasts here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/podcasts
People in this episode
Hosts: Georgie, Phil
Topics covered
- Hungary elections
- political change
- EU relations
- voter turnout
- domestic policies
Keywords
- Hungary
- elections
- Péter Magyar
- Viktor Orbán
- Tisza party
- EU
- voter turnout
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Tisza party
Places: Hungary, EU, Ukraine
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