Extra Europeans and Individuals purport to care about Hungarian politics than most likely ought to, so Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s re-election Sunday will stir dialogue, particularly on the political proper. Right here’s a pleasant reminder that no matter else this vote demonstrates, it isn’t the vanguard of a brand new Christian nationalist motion that may or will lead the West.
Mr. Orban cruised to his fourth time period, successful 53% of the vote for his coalition and 135 out of 199 seats within the parliament, in comparison with 35% of the vote for the subsequent largest opposition group. The consequence reveals that Mr. Orban’s agenda fits some portion of the voters. That is very true of his method to cultural points, the place his conservative views on sexual ethics could also be nearer to the European mainstream than his critics elsewhere within the European Union care to confess.
