He is the ex-husband of a former Justice Minister, he was a CEO and other exec at some government-friendly major firms, and thus part of the middle-inner circle of Orban’s party (Fidesz) and the related business networks.

He had enough 1-2 years ago, but kept silent when his ex-wife was still in a high position, to not damage her career. After she had to resign, he went to the biggest opposition Youtube channel, and gave a viral interview, confirming corrupt practices that people already suspected.

During spring he saw his popularity rising mainly in social media, so he turned from an influencer to a politician, and pulled together a party. They won a lot of seats in the EU parliament election in June, he is also now sitting in there, part of EPP, and strongly supported by Manfred Weber.

Latest polls show his party head-to-head with Fidesz, so the government is panicking, trying to attack him on all fronts, but he seems to be taking it well, and continues to gain popularity. He recently had a reddit AMA in r/hungary, which became top post of all time - he seems to be loved by the young crowd.

He is different from other opposition leaders, as he positions himself as a christian center-right politician (instead of left/liberal), while being against the Russia-friendliness and corruption of Fidesz/Orban. This resonates a lot with some of Orban’s former voters, and those who stayed away from voting in the previous years. He is also well dressed and good looking 40s dude, not an overweight 60s man like Orban and other government politicians, showing a strong contrast - Orban supposedly started excercising and losing weight due to the competition.

Overall it’s good to have him, anything is better than Orban. Peter Magyar’s also not perfect, he was part of some corrupt deals (which he openly admitted) and seems a bit arrogant and enjoy the spotlight, but if this is what it takes to get rid of Orban, I’m all for it. The country is in bad shape economically, he’s not going to solve that in a few years, but at least we could get going in the right direction - keep an eye out for Hungarian elections in 2026.

Shame, he seemed like a nice guy \s

Y’all Queda

This is the key, you are a slave with extra steps. Reading about the travel ban set by her employer, just because they don’t take your passport away, you can still become trapped. I used to have some respect for the UAE, as compared to the other nearby shitholes, they actually invested the oil money they had, and now live off mostly of tourism and trade. Still, the backwards culture and oppressive regime is all the same.

I’m blocked by a paywall, doesn anybody have a summary of the article?

I mean, Trump will definitly ensure that the suffering of Palestenian people ends quickly

On the other hand, it might also be the permitted once per week call of Andrew Tate from a Romanian prison. Just shooting his shots

Like seriously, how would google pay more money than the world has? At least pretend to be serious, and fine them for a few billions only

I think smg like this in most countries would make a lot of difference. It’s a start

No, you don’t understand, if the gajillionaires leave, then who will exploit our workers and take bail-out money from the government?

Apple could also check location with GPS and wifi, making them unusable in Russia.

Yes, I hate to be “no true Scotsman”, but they are not actually leftists, just fan of a few dictatorships, some of which claim or used to claim to be socialist.

Around 10k total I think

One of my parents was in North Korea multiple times in the 80s as a tour guide from the Eastern Block, I remember hearing the stories about it when I was a child.

Cameras being taken, poverty housing blocked off with walls, fake buildings and rooms, US soldiers watching them from the other side of the DMZ “negotiation building”.

I always took these stories for granted, and didn’t realize for a long time how special and unique these experiences were. When I tell my Western EU colleagues they always drop their jaws.

Time to cut Deutsche Bahn’s investments even more, that will definitely help.

Saudi progress has been just PR, eg. Black Panther in cinema, women driving. Then they chop up a journalist in Turkey, ooops.

MBS is a dictator, and his country is a shithole in the desert.

ACAB

This is why every sane person should be against death sentence. Yes, some people would deserve it, but police and attorneys misuse the system and kill innocent people, which happened multiple times in a lot of countries.

PricewaterhouseCorpsers

KPMG (Keep Pushing Me to the Grave)

Dieloitte.

Satan 4: Moscow Drift

Yes, they could have easily been like Saudi Arabia is today