To Viktor, no spoils: Hungary’s new start
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In a momentous election, Viktor Orban has lost power in Hungary after 16 years of increasingly autocratic rule. Our correspondent explains how the country’s opposition led by Peter Magyar ousted a corrupt regime. Why cows in Britain are producing too much milk. And celebrating the giant rat that helped sniff out landmines in Cambodia.
Guests and host:
- Matt Steinglass, Europe editor
- Harry Taunton, Britain writer
- Vishnu Padmanabhan, Asia correspondent
- Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Hungary, Viktor Orban, Peter Magyar, populism
- Dairy farming, cows, milk, wellness
- Cambodia, landmines, Magawa, heroRats
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:15.0 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:16.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:28.6 | Britain's dairy farmers are suffering from too much of a good thing. Milk production is through the roof, even as demand is declining. |
| 0:32.6 | We ask why, instead of turning it into cheese or yogurt or milk powder, |
| 0:36.6 | many farmers are simply pouring it down the drain. |
| 0:41.2 | And decades on, Cambodia is still strewn with landmines and unexpoded bombs |
| 0:46.1 | from the Vietnam War and Khmer Rouge era. |
| 0:49.1 | Destroying them is dangerous and time-consuming. |
| 0:52.4 | Now it's found a novel method. |
| 1:01.0 | First up though, Last night, jubilation on the streets of Budapest. |
| 1:19.4 | Viktor Orban, whose corrupt and increasingly autocratic Fidesh party, has ruled Hungary for 16 years, lost yesterday's election. |
| 1:28.3 | The result is painful for us, but clear, Orban said in his concession speech. |
| 1:41.3 | The opposition Tisha party, under charismatic leader, Peta Majja, won a thumping majority. |
| 1:47.0 | The Tisa and Magarorssang |
| 1:52.0 | made this the vallastas. |
| 1:55.0 | This is an election with consequences far beyond the country's borders, and Hungarians have overwhelmingly voted for change. |
| 2:06.2 | This is an extraordinarily significant election, and people in Hungary who backed the opposition are elated. |
| 2:14.2 | Matt Steinglass is the economist Europe editor. |
| 2:17.6 | Victor Orban has been running this country for 16 years, and there was no certainty as of yesterday as to whether he would actually lose the election. |
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