Budapest (AFP) – Hungarian political newcomer Peter Magyar defeats nationalist Viktor Orban in elections seen as a blow to right-wing populism worldwide. Orban, a self-described “thorn” in the EU’s side and defender of “illiberal democracy”, lost the 12 April elections after 16 years in power, despite vocal support from both US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, as Hungarians fed up with corruption gave Magyar a decisive victory.
