{"id":333591,"date":"2026-04-10T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-viktor-orban-lose-power-after-16-years-in-charge-of-hungary-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:00:25","slug":"can-viktor-orban-lose-power-after-16-years-in-charge-of-hungary-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-viktor-orban-lose-power-after-16-years-in-charge-of-hungary-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Viktor Orb\u00e1n lose power after 16 years in charge of Hungary? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/PAkVwhZuics\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Can Viktor Orb\u00e1n lose power after 16 years in charge of Hungary? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PAkVwhZuics\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Hungary votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could end Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s 16\u2011year grip on power. Once dominant, the nationalist prime minister is now trailing in opinion polls amid economic stagnation and growing frustration among voters.<br \/>\nThe election pits Orb\u00e1n\u2019s vision of a more authoritarian Hungary with closer ties to Russia against an opposition promising a return to a pro\u2011European course.<br \/>\nZsuzsanna V\u00e9gh, programme officer at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, explains why Orb\u00e1n is suddenly vulnerable \u2014 and what the outcome could mean for Hungary\u2019s democracy and its place in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 US backs reelection bid for Hungary&#8217;s Orban<br \/>\n0:27 Election choice: Europe or Russia<br \/>\n0:53 Orb\u00e1n attacks Brussels and Ukraine<br \/>\n1:13 Opposition rallies behind P\u00e9ter Magyar<br \/>\n1:50 Can the opposition unseat Orb\u00e1n?<br \/>\n2:21 Orb\u00e1n\u2019s shift to right\u2011wing populism<br \/>\n2:34 Economy, inflation and falling living standards<br \/>\n3:28 Fear\u2011based campaigning and Ukraine war rhetoric<br \/>\n4:19 Why this election could end Fidesz rule<br \/>\n5:16 Zsuzsanna Vegh German Marshall Fund of the United States<br \/>\n6:41 Has US support shifted the race?<br \/>\n7:48 What happens if Orb\u00e1n loses power?<br \/>\n9:04 The institutional traps of Orb\u00e1n\u2019s system<br \/>\n10:06 What a fifth Orb\u00e1n term would look like<br \/>\n11:06 What would change under a Magyar government?<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews #hungary #orban #magyar #election <\/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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hungary votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could end Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s 16\u2011year grip on power. Once dominant, the nationalist prime minister is now trailing in opinion polls amid economic stagnation and growing frustration among voters. The election pits Orb\u00e1n\u2019s vision of a more authoritarian Hungary with closer ties to Russia against an opposition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":333592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[137300,130533,136771],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-333591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-hungary","tag-sunday","tag-votes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can Viktor Orb\u00e1n lose power after 16 years in charge of Hungary? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Can Viktor Orb\u00e1n lose power after 16 years in charge of Hungary? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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