Monday briefing: Hungary chooses Péter Magyar over Viktor Orbán

In today’s newsletter: Orbán concedes defeat after 16 years in power, ushering in a new era for Hungary’s relations with the EU, US and Russia Good morning. The people of Hungary are waking up in an unfamiliar political landscape – one in which Viktor Orbán, who has served as prime minister since 2010, is stepping aside after defeat to Péter Magyar, whose Tisza party has won an election likely.

Winner’s Tisza party to control more than two-thirds of new parliament, offering chance for a complete break with changes wrought by illiberal regime Meanwhile, the Slovak prime minister Robert Fico and the Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš, two close political allies of Viktor Orbán, congratulated Peter Magyar on his win in yesterday’s election. Fico, who worked closely with Orbán as they repeatedly clashed with Ukraine together over the issue of Russian energy imports, said on Facebook he.