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S8 Ep746: Democratic Resurgence in Hungary Guest: Judy Dempsey Judy Dempsey highlights Peter Magyar’s victory over Viktor Orban, noting a massive turnout of young voters. Hungarians rejected systemic corruption and Russian interference, signaling a desire for rule

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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 Democratic Resurgence in Hungary Guest: Judy Dempsey Judy Dempsey highlights Peter Magyar’s victory over Viktor Orban, noting a massive turnout of young voters. Hungarians rejected systemic corruption and Russian interference, signaling a desire for rule of law and European integration.
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Today. I'm John Batchel. I welcome my good colleague, Judy Dempsey, a senior scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin.

0:53.9

To comment on a success, the European Union has succeeded in turning out a very, very bad actor

1:01.8

named Victor Orban.

1:04.0

He is a reputation over many years in his native Hungary for being a man who finds his way out of jams. Well, he did not find

1:13.1

his way out of jam in these last hours, defeated roundly by someone who used to be a member of his

1:18.6

party, Peter Magyar, defeated with an overwhelming vote, I believe we're looking at complete

1:24.3

domination of the assembly with a two-third supermajority because changes have to be

1:29.6

made. Orban has mangled the system in Hungary to the point that repairs are needed in emergency.

1:40.0

Judy, a very good evening to you. I know it's good news. I know that Orban has created a machine

1:46.2

there that needs to be untangled. I know there will be fights ahead for Peter Magyar, but this

1:51.1

is the beginning of a turnaround. What made it possible, Judy? Because there was reason to despair

1:55.2

this last month after Orban went to Moscow and there was the threat of Russian interference. And

2:00.7

then the vice president of the United States stopped to rally with Orban in front of a very enthusiastic crowd.

2:10.0

And then still, the results are surprising.

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Good evening to you, Judy.

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Good evening, John. And thanks for having me on your show.

2:18.1

Well, at the opinion polls, and I'm almost a little bit skeptical of opinion polls,

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