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| Hungary's conservative opposition wins landslide election | |
| 2010-04-26 | |
| With nearly all second round votes counted, conservative Fidesz had won 263 seats, above the 258 needed for the two-thirds majority, ousting the Socialists after eight years and securing a mandate to enact reforms and revive the economy. "Revolution happened today in the polling booths," said Viktor Orban, the country's next prime minister. "Hungarian people today have ousted the regime of oligarchs who misused their power, and the people have established a new regime, the regime of national unity." Fidesz was last in power between 1998 and 2002 and Mr Orban can now form the first non-coalition government with a two-thirds mandate in Hungary's 20-year post-communist history. The newly formed far-Right Jobbik gained 47 seats, behind the ruling Socialist Party, who will have 59 deputies in the next parliament. Fidesz, which led the governing coalition in 1998-2002, has pledged to reduce bloated national and local government payrolls, simplify the tax system, grant citizenship to ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries and halve the number of parliamentary deputies.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 One small step for reason and one giant step to repudiate Soros. |
| Posted by: Hammerhead 2010-04-26 12:43 |