Viktor Orbán steps back from Parliament after landslide loss, vows to rebuild Hungary’s ’national side’

Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not take his seat in parliament following a landslide election loss this month, and will instead focus on rebuilding his nationalist-populist political community, he announced on Saturday (April 25, 2026) in a video on social media.

Hungary’s April 12 election brought an end to Mr. Orbán’s 16 years in power when voters cast their ballots overwhelmingly for a centre-right challenger who promised to crack down on endemic corruption and restore Hungary’s democratic institutions that had been eroded under Mr. Orbán.