Here is a rundown of some takeaways from the European elections from the Visegrád countries of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The EU elections were perceived as a referendum on the current government and the failure to win the election will put further strain on the European Coalition in the upcoming presidential and national parliamentary elections. The EU election results have confirmed that the governing party of the self-styled Prime Minister and billionaire, Andrej Babiš is here to stay. Hungary: Orbán’s crusade reinforced by the EU election resultsWhen it comes to Hungary, any comparison to other EU state, even to Poland, which is often mentioned in the same breath by EU officials, is doomed to failure. To put it simply, not much has changed in Hungary after these EU elections.

Source: Forbes May 27, 2019 06:59 UTC