On April 12, 2026, the Budapest wall fell. The Respect and Liberty (Tisza) party of Péter Magyar put an end to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s 16-year reign in Hungary. They obtained an absolute majority in Parliament, with 138 seats out of 199, against 55 for the ruling coalition, Fidesz and its Christian Democrat ally. “The truth has defeated the lie,” exclaimed the winner, on the night of the election, before his supporters gathered in Budapest. “Hungary has made history today.”
Signs of this earthquake were looming. While Viktor Orbán exuded confidence, his oligarch friends were safeguarding their fortunes. On March 26, 2026, the independent media outlet 444.hu revealed that Ádám Matolcsy, son of the former head of the Hungarian Central Bank, was transporting his vintage cars and luxury furniture to the United Arab Emirates. On the same day, the weekly magazine HVG reported that Lórinc Mészáros, Hungary’s wealthiest man who attributed his wealth to “God, luck, and Viktor Orbán,” emptied the coffers of one of his companies and transferred the sum to his personal account.
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