Why is Orban's defeat in the elections one of the most important events of the decade in European politics? And how will it change the right in the EU? Translation of the text by Ivan Krastev (Foreign Affairs)

On April 12, 2026, an era passed - Viktor Orban ceased to be Prime Minister of Hungary. After 16 years, he was replaced in power by Peter Magyar. Some journalists took this as a sign of the weakening position of the right in Europe. But Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev does not agree with such an assessment. In a text for the American magazine Foreign Affairs, he writes that Orbán’s defeat could paradoxically strengthen the position of the right in Europe. At the same time, they will now almost certainly move further and further away from Russia and the United States. “Medusa” retells Krastev’s text.