Leonhard Foeger/ReutersBecause Fidesz has governed for 16 years, a generation of Hungarians have grown up knowing little but life under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. It’s very exciting.”Hungarian voters Marton and Csegme await the results of the election in Budapest. Christian Edwards/CNNMany young Hungarians are not overly enamored with Péter Magyar, a conservative who just two years ago was a member of Orbán’s Fidesz party. We all feel the corruption… We all know that what Orbán says about gas prices, and oil prices, are misleading the public.”Orbán has campaigned heavily on supposedly keeping fuel prices down for consumers by buying cheap oil and gas from Russia. “There are many judges and many systems around the government that can block the work of a future government,” he said.

Source: CNN April 12, 2026 19:09 UTC