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"Why did Orban fall after 16 years?"/ Robelli: Citizens got tired of rampant corruption and the opposition united
2026-04-13 22:39:59 / POLITIKË
The fall of Viktor Orbán in Hungary after 16 years in power is linked to economic deterioration, corruption and citizen dissatisfaction. This is what analyst Enver Robelli said on Off The Record with Andrea Dangli on A2 CNN, as he listed the main reasons for his defeat in Sunday's elections.
"The main reason is the decline in economic standards, economic stagnation. I think that more than the Hungarians' concern about democracy, they were concerned about the decrease in money in their wallets, that is, in their purses. Since 2019 alone, food prices in Hungary have increased by 80% and many people have noticed this, that is, in their family budgets. I think that is the main reason. The second reason is that this time we had a common, united opposition and it was not a divided opposition like in the past four elections that Mr. Orban won. On the other hand, the anger of Hungarian citizens with the rampant corruption of Prime Minister Orban's government has played an extremely important role, and here we are dealing with extremely large sums," he said on Off The Record with Andrea Dangli on A2 CNN.
Another key element, according to him, was the unification of the opposition, which this time emerged with a common front and a new leader who came from within Orbán's own system, attracting voters disillusioned with the government.
"The advantage of the opposition this time was that not only was it united, but it also had a leader who came from the experience he had created in Prime Minister Orban's party and who at one point separated from this party, seeing that everything was out of control and in fact the goal of the government was only looting and a cultural battle. Therefore, Mr. Mogyar, who is supposed to be the new prime minister of the country, concentrated only on the daily troubles of the citizens. He did not deal with abstract issues of world politics. He did not deal with issues that have to do with the LGBT community, with the cultural battles of Prime Minister Orban. And this conglomerate of issues created a great, extremely great chance for him to win the way he did," he said on Off The Record with Andrea Dangli on A2 CNN.
Citing corruption and abuses with public tenders worth billions, which have increased popular anger, Robelli stressed that the blocking of funds by the European Union due to concerns over the rule of law also had an impact.
"In Hungary, according to various reports, there have been serious suspicions that within just one year, a group of people close to Orban have extorted up to 5 billion euros from public tenders. I'm talking every year, not during one mandate. One of the reasons that so many people have participated in the elections is the almost 20 billion that the European Union has blocked because Prime Minister Orban has designed the state in such a way that it is only at his service and this is the reason why the European Union has blocked so many billions," he emphasized on Off The Record with Andrea Dangli on A2 CNN.
According to him, the change came from within the system, while such a model is difficult to repeat in Albania without a new figure who mobilizes the electorate.
"In Albania, I think that change can only happen if a new political figure emerges. Right now, I think that there is more of a management of the status quo between different political groups, but there is no figure in the opposition that can mobilize the broad masses of citizens. There is a kind of great apathy and in Hungary it has been like this for a long time until a moment when someone within the establishment appeared and said enough is enough. I do not see such a figure in the Albanian opposition right now, or in what is left of the opposition, and I do not see it despite some small efforts. I do not see a figure in the Socialist Party that has the potential to challenge the current prime minister despite all those corruption affairs that Albania has been facing in recent years."
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