Orban ousted after 16 years as Hungarians flock to pro-EU rival

BUDAPEST, April 12 – Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a key opponent of European Union efforts to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion, lost power after 16 years on Sunday as Hungarians voted in record numbers for a pro-EU course spearheaded by centre-right rival Peter Magyar. Orban, 62, had won endorsements from U.S. President Donald Trump and some top European conservatives, but early results showed his nationalist Fidesz party losing to Peter Magyar L8N3Z00J1’s pro-EU Tisza party due to Hungary’s economic stagnation nL8N3XN0FC. A fiery anti-Communist youth leader during the Cold War, Orban, the European Union’s longest-serving leader, is a patriotic…