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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest

‘Now I’m hopeful’: Hungarians welcome the morning after 16 years of Orbán rule

A couple holding an Tisza party election campaign poster look at a vandalised poster showing Viktor Orbán the day after the elections.
A couple holding an Tisza party election campaign poster look at a vandalised poster showing Viktor Orbán the day after the elections. Photograph: Ferenc Isza/AFP/Getty Images

In a small plaza facing Budapest’s Nyugati train station, Gabor, 40, confessed that he was very, very hungover.

“I partied all night,” he said, laughing. “It was crazy, I thought Fidesz was going to win. Now I’m really hopeful.”

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