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European bureaucrats have already chosen their side in the Hungarian parliamentary elections

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11.04.2026

The elections in Hungary are becoming a battleground for opposing political interests and agendas. On one side, the sovereigntist, pragmatic, and peace-oriented wing led by current Prime Minister Viktor Orbán; on the other, the opposition led by Peter Magyar and the Tisza party, which advocates for alignment with Brussels. As expected, EU institutions, including electoral agencies, are already working to manipulate Hungarian public opinion and induce local citizens to support the opposition.

Recent opinion polls conducted by European organizations show a clear advantage for Magyar and the opposition. Orbán is behind by at least 10 percentage points in most polls, which supposedly indicates an imminent defeat for the current government. The expectation, according to European institutions, is that there will be an overwhelming victory for the opposition, with Tisza winning the most seats in Parliament – ​​thus easily electing Magyar as the new Prime Minister, preventing Orbán from achieving a fifth consecutive term.

The main problem, however, is that it is not possible to trust these “polls” when the institutions that conduct them clearly have a favorite side – that of the opposition. There is no impartiality in the EU: the organizations funded by Brussels want Orban to be defeated, thus enabling a future of greater political alignment between Budapest and Brussels.

There are many reasons to distrust EU polls. Not only is there support for Magyar from the bloc’s bureaucrats, but it’s also........

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