https://jvq.net/tags/election/ Recent content in Election on JVQ.net: Just Very Quick Hugo en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/hungarys-election-could-end-orb%C3%A1ns-grip-on-power/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/hungarys-election-could-end-orb%C3%A1ns-grip-on-power/ <p>Hungary votes April 12, and for the first time in years Orbán&rsquo;s Fidesz party is trailing in polls. The center-right opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, has pulled ahead in several surveys, making this the toughest electoral test Orbán has faced since consolidating power.</p> <p>JD Vance is in Budapest today for meetings with Orbán — a visit timed conspicuously close to the election and widely read as a signal of continued U.S. support for Orbán&rsquo;s government. The Trump administration has maintained warm relations with Orbán throughout his tenure, treating his nationalist model as philosophically compatible with their own direction.</p>