Richard Michael Blaberhttps://theconversation.com/viktor-orbans-election-loss-shows-the-limits-of-his-propaganda-machine-280439. "Magyar’s #Tisza party has secured a two-thirds majority in parliament & therefore a supermajority. This will allow the new government to roll back some of the illiberal measures introduced by #Orbán governments over the years. #Magyar has said that he intends to work for a 'free, #European' #Hungary, which would reverse his predecessor’s rejection of #Brussels. One of Magyar’s key #election promises was to restore #press #freedom, & reform state-run #media."
"Dishonest attacks can boomerang, eroding trust in the attacker rather than the target. And this clearly happened in #Hungary in this #election #campaign. All of which points to a broader lesson about #information control in #illiberal regimes: it can easily be overstated. Hungary’s 2026 election has revealed that an information #autocracy can have its limits. And in the face of a faltering #economy & a united & credible opposition, Orbán’s campaign reached those limits - & failed as a result."