2026-04-13
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People just can't believe that it happened.
The amount of young people that told us, if Orbán wins again, I don't see a future for myself in this country.
The country was really at a crossroads.
Thank you for believing that we ourselves, Hungarian people, write our own history.
Lots of people said, I know he's not a saint.
There was a lot of people who almost, you know, held their noses and voted for him regardless.
It's a really.
Huge moment on the global stage and I think it should,
rightfully so, force people to ask a lot of questions of what 's next and what this actually means in practice.
Hungary enters a new era as Viktor Orban is ousted after 16 years in power in an election that will be critical
to Europe and likely to rattle Washington.
From the Guardians today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Hoff.
Chifa Kassam, you are a reporter covering Europe for us and you 're currently in Budapest where you have been there
for this historic moment that Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary has finally been ousted from power after 16 years,
this new era under the opposition candidate Peter Magyar.
So first of all, just tell me what the vibe, the atmosphere has been like in Budapest overnight and today.
It's been really incredible.
I mean, so last night people were out.
I was out until about 2.30 in the morning just chatting with people,