Viktor Orban wins third term in Hungary

Victory for anti-migrant party will be seen as ‘resounding endorsement’ by the European far right

Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party has strengthened its hold on power
Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party has strengthened its hold on power
(Image credit: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images)

Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has be re-elected for a third consecutive term in office, and his Fidesz party is widely expected to gain a two-thirds “supermajority” in parliament.

Orban campaigned strongly on an anti-immigration platform, “promising to defend the country's borders and block migration by Muslims” the BBC says.

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