On Friday, April 24, we have another Café Europa appointment, this time dedicated to analyzing the latest elections in Hungary. Viktor Orbán has been ousted after 16 years. He has lost the Hungarian elections in the most massive vote in recent times. From now on, Péter Magyar will take his place.

With the vote count completed, the results show Tisza—the party that brought together the entire opposition to the former government—as the clear winner: it will control two thirds of the lower house, granting it an absolute majority in Parliament.

It is the end of an era, and Hungary is now entering a new one. Europe too. Orbán has been a thorn in Brussels’ side, flying the flag of the European far right, forging alliances with Trump’s United States, and positioning himself alongside Putin, Milei, and Netanyahu. “Hungary has chosen Europe,” announced Von der Leyen upon learning the election results, but Magyar also raises doubts, as he is a former Orbán sympathizer who did not break ties with him until 2024.