In an election that brought a record-high turnout, Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister for the last 16 years, was defeated Sunday by Péter Magyar, leader of the country’s centre-right, pro-European Union Tisza Party.

This change could have important repercussions for Hungary as well as for Europe.

This McGill expert is available to comment:

Judith Szapor, Associate Professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies, is a historian of modern Europe with an interest in the social, cultural and gender history of Hungary and East-Central Europe.

judith.szapor [at] mcgill.ca (English, Hungarian, intermediate French)