{"id":334271,"date":"2026-04-13T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-peter-magyar-and-why-does-his-victory-over-viktor-orban-matter-to-trump-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:00:20","slug":"who-is-peter-magyar-and-why-does-his-victory-over-viktor-orban-matter-to-trump-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-peter-magyar-and-why-does-his-victory-over-viktor-orban-matter-to-trump-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is P\u00e9ter Magyar and why does his victory over Viktor Orban matter to Trump? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/i3uc5rVo1bc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Who is P\u00e9ter Magyar and why does his victory over Viktor Orban matter to Trump? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i3uc5rVo1bc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9ter Magyar has won the Hungarian election, ending Viktor Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s 16 years in power. <\/p>\n<p>Preliminary election results, based on more than 98% of counted votes, put his Tisza party on course for an extraordinary 138 seats, with Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s Fidesz on 55 and the far-right Our Homeland on six.<\/p>\n<p>The landslide will not only allow Magyar to overturn Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s increasingly unpopular domestic policies, but reset Hungary&#8217;s global relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n has been a close partner of both US President Donald Trump &#8211; earning an in-person appearance from US Vice-President JD Vance in the final week of the campaign &#8211; and Russia&#8217;s Vladimir Putin, and he had become a big thorn in the side of the EU and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In this podcast, the BBC&#8217;s Europe Editor, Katya Adler explains: who is P\u00e9ter Magyar? Is right or left wing and what does his party stand for? <\/p>\n<p>She also discusses what Viktor Orban&#8217;s loss means for President Trump and J D Vance. <\/p>\n<p>New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you\u2019re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. <\/p>\n<p>LINK: https:\/\/app.magellan.ai\/listen_links\/the-global-story-ytl<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Hungary #Trump #BBCNews <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 P\u00e9ter Magyar defeats Viktor Orb\u00e1n<br \/>\n01:57 Who supported Viktor Orb\u00e1n?<br \/>\n03:27 Why did Trump endorse Viktor Orb\u00e1n?<br \/>\n06:00 How did Viktor Orb\u00e1n rule in Hungary?<br \/>\n07:39 Why was Viktor Orb\u00e1n controversial for the EU?<br \/>\n10:00 Who is P\u00e9ter Magyar and what does he stand for?<br \/>\n11:35 Why was the election so controversial?<br \/>\n13:40 How is Putin&#8217;s Russia involved with Hungary?<br \/>\n16:00 How important is Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s loss?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P\u00e9ter Magyar has won the Hungarian election, ending Viktor Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s 16 years in power. 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