2026-04-12 22:53 UTC
Another starry eyed victory full of hope that will lead to inevitable disappointment because such victors NEVER deliver on the unrealistically high hopes of those who voted for them.
This is not me being cynical, just realistic. Tisza's win is brilliant for the EU and for Hungary, but it won't deliver utopia. Don't expect utopia.
Tisza itself needs to realise this, too. It needs to realise, from day one, that over 16 years Fidesz gerrymandered and subverted Hungary's electoral system to favour Fidesz. The fact that that same system now spectacularly backfired and handed Tisza this massive victory doesn't make it a system that works in Tisza's favour. Incumbents always find themselves very reluctant to change a system that just handed them a victory as human stupidity tends to leave people blind to the insight that the shoe will, inevitably, be on the other foot one day.
It may seem counter intuitive, but if Tisza wants a long term future in Hungary it needs to change the system in such a way that smaller percentage advantages can no longer be inflated into huge seat majorities.
There will be disappointment for voters in the next 4 years. And they will lose votes in the next election. It's all but guaranteed. But leave Hungary's voting system intact and you risk this swing away turn into a massive swing back to Fidesz. Change to a true PR system, a PR-STV system or something similar, however, and this swing back, whether massive or minor, will be muted. It will most likely lead to Tisza losing a majority, let alone its current 2/3 majority, it may open the doors to the creation of new parties and coalition governments, and that may sound undesirable from the perspective of the comfortable supermajority Tisza will enjoy for the next 4 years, but it will ensure Tisza's continued existence as a major party in Hungary for decades to come.
With a 2/3 majority, the insanity of Fidesz can be rolled back. By dismantling its in-built electoral advantage you can ensure that it will never regain the 2/3 majority needed to reintroduce the Anti EU, pro Russian, Trump Arse Kissing bullshit that Hungary's official position has been for over a decade.
Nobody wants Hungary to go back to Orbán's authoritarian shit show.
Remember that.
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