{"id":329921,"date":"2026-03-27T21:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hungarys-historic-election-russia-or-the-eu-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:00:48","slug":"hungarys-historic-election-russia-or-the-eu-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hungarys-historic-election-russia-or-the-eu-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary&#8217;s Historic Election: Russia or the EU? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yt4nRGxo3iA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Hungary's Historic Election: Russia or the EU? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yt4nRGxo3iA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>On April 12th, Hungary will elect a new parliament, and voters will decide on the country&#8217;s future direction: toward liberal democracy or toward an authoritarian model inspired by Russia. Incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orban has signaled his intention to end Western support for Ukraine and to distance Hungary from the European Union. Meanwhile, Peter Magyar, leader of the country&#8217;s largest opposition party TISZA, has pledged to tackle corruption and steer Hungary back toward a European path. Fanny Facsar, Senior International Correspondent for DW, travels across Hungary in the weeks leading up to the election, capturing the mood of a nation at a political crossroads. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 \u2013 Rallies in Budapest: Orb\u00e1n vs. Magyar<br \/>\n00:59 \u2013 Magyar\u2019s vision for a European Hungary<br \/>\n01:38 \u2013 TISZA activists in everyday campaign life<br \/>\n03:21 \u2013 Confrontations and polarization in street campaign<br \/>\n04:04 \u2013 16 years of Orb\u00e1n: How Hungary has changed<br \/>\n05:25 \u2013 Fear of war: The government\u2019s theses<br \/>\n06:15 \u2013 TISZA rises: Can Magyar defeat Orb\u00e1n?<br \/>\n07:55 \u2013 P\u00e9cel: Campaigning in the countryside<br \/>\n10:26 \u2013 Education crisis \u2013 the young generation<br \/>\n12:20 \u2013 Media power and Orb\u00e1n\u2019s narratives<br \/>\n12:57 \u2013 In the countryside: Why Orb\u00e1n is popular here<br \/>\n14:45 \u2013 TISZA Youth: Politics of the next generation<br \/>\n16:08 \u2013 Final major rally \u2013 a country on the brink of a directional choice <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\n#hungary #eu #russia #dwcurrentaffairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 12th, Hungary will elect a new parliament, and voters will decide on the country&#8217;s future direction: toward liberal democracy or toward an authoritarian model inspired by Russia. Incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orban has signaled his intention to end Western support for Ukraine and to distance Hungary from the European Union. Meanwhile, Peter Magyar, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[140167,131771,137300],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-329921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-12th","tag-april","tag-hungary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hungary&#039;s Historic Election: Russia or the EU? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Hungary&#039;s Historic Election: Russia or the EU? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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