Hungary's anti-migration prime minister secures 3rd consecutive term

Viktor Orbán.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán won his third consecutive term on Sunday, with his party, Fidesz, expected to take 133 of parliament's 199 seats.

The party used anti-migration rhetoric throughout the campaign, and in his victory speech, Orbán declared: "We won. We gave ourselves a chance to protect Hungary." Under Hungary's electoral system, a party can win a large majority of seats without winning a majority of the vote, and if Fidesz does get a supermajority, they would be able to make constitutional changes.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.