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Orban's reign faces serious challenge
Coventry Telegraph
|April 13, 2026
HUNGARIANS were yesterday casting ballots in what is widely seen as Europe's most consequential election this year, a vote that could unseat populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, an ally of United States President Donald Trump, after 16 years in power.
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The voting is a key moment for Mr Orban, the European Union's longest-serving leader and one of its biggest antagonists, who has travelled a long road from his early days as a liberal, anti-Soviet firebrand to the Russia-friendly nationalist admired today by the global far-right.
Mr Orban and his top challenger, Peter Magyar, arrived at separate polling stations in Budapest, Hungary's capital, at nearly the same time yesterday to cast their votes.
This story is from the April 13, 2026 edition of Coventry Telegraph.
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