Hungary election landslide

Learning English from the News

2026-04-15

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(Photo by Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via Getty Images)   The story Péter Magyar has won a historic victory in Hungary's elections, bringing to an end Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power. Orban had been a close partner of US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Whereas Magyar wants a better relationship with the rest of the EU and Ukraine. Almost 80% of people who could, turned out to vote, which broke records. Magyar’s Tisza party has won a huge majority, which will allow him to change both Orbán's increasingly unpopular domestic policies and Hungary’s global relationships.  News headlines  Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide BBC News Peter Magyar: former Fidesz insider who vowed to dismantle Orban system 'brick by brick' France24  MAGA absorbs the loss of Orban, a kindred spirit to Trump’s movement The New York Times Key words and phrases swept away  removed by strong force brick by brick step by step kindred spirit someone with similar ideas or beliefs Next  Try Our World in English - the best documentaries from the BBC in language you can understand. Learn more about the expression 'brick by brick' in The English We Speak. Learn more about passive forms in Ask BBC Learning English. Try Beating Speaking Anxiety - a series to help you boost your speaking confidence.
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  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.

  • Hello, I'm Georgie.

  • And I'm Phil.

  • In this program, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

  • You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode

  • as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

  • So let's hear more about this story.

  • Petr Maja has won a historic victory in Hungary's elections, bringing to an end Viktor Orban's 16 years in power.

  • Orban had been a close partner of US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin,

  • whereas Maja wants a better relationship with the rest of the EU and Ukraine.

  • Almost 80% of people who could turned out to vote, which broke records.

  • Madjah's TISA party has won a huge majority which will allow him to change

  • both Orban's increasingly unpopular domestic policies and Hungary's global relationships.

  • Let's have our first headline.

  • This one is from BBC News.

  • Orban era swept away by Petr Madjah's Hungary election landslide.

  • That headline again from BBC News.

  • Orban era swept away by Petr Madjah's Hungary election landslide.

  • Now, this headline is about Petta Madjar's election landslide in Hungary.

  • A landslide in this context means a huge majority of votes in an election.