The far-right party in Romania, AUR, has dropped in polls by 4% from January to April, now standing at 37% (down from 38% in March and 40.9% in January). Please, keep going! 🤞🏻😂

Hungarian media reports that two Russian officials met today at Hungary’s Foreign Ministry with Marcell Kubatov, son of senior Fidesz politician Gábor Kubatov. An internal document obtained by 444.hu says the meeting with Irina Serkova and Pavel Tsvetov was arranged at Moscow’s request. 👀

Apparently, some of you need to hear this: if you teach another social science (not political science), keep your edgy opinion about how Mearsheimer and Sachs are smart commentators to yourself. Don't recommend them to your students. The algorithms already push Ru propaganda, don't add to it.

It’s incredibly patronizing when people treat the collapse of the USSR like a chess match between superpowers while ignoring the actual human beings on the ground. ​ It wasn't a CIA memo that ended it; it was millions of people finally reclaiming their sovereignty

“The banality of evil – a phrase coined by Hannah Arendt, who covered the trial of Adolf Eichmann sixty years ago – is on full display. It lives not only in Bagnyuk – the remote control killer – but in his commander-in-chief, Vladimir Putin,” writes Andrew Chakhoyan in this op-ed.

"The Europeans should tell us, 'go fuck yourself' every time we do something stupid or immoral or unjust or we threaten them. And they should prepare. They should prepare for a world without us." Michael Weiss and Tim Miller discuss Europe preparing for a post-American world.

Incoming rant from Trump .

I think the fight for Orbán’s chief disruptor role is between Fico and Babiš.

Sweden’s defence minister said that pro-Russian hackers have changed their tactics and are becoming more aggressive in their operations. The attacks on the EU's infrastructure are increasingly shifting from denial-of-service to more destructive operations, with growing threats to the energy sector.

This is why Russia is still fighting, why the war continues and why people are dying: Because Trump and Vance encouraged Putin to believe he could win

I believe that Trump and Vance’s attacks on the Pope represent a major mistake. In Europe, where Catholicism has a strong cultural and historical influence, such criticism is perceived as disrespectful. And take into account that the Catholic Church has 285–286 million followers in Europe. 🧵

Russia is struggling to make the most of Iran war-fuelled rise in oil prices • Number of oil shipments keeps dropping and is now at lowest level since last August • Large Black Sea export terminals in Novorossiysk remain out of operation following Ukrainian strikes www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

‼️ Russia: “Putin: Calendar and weather factors are the reasons for the decline in GDP” 🇷🇺: 😅 www.gazeta.ru/business/new...

The European age verification app for age-restricted platforms is ready and will be available soon. Users will be able to confirm their age online completely anonymously, without transmitting personal data to apps or third-party websites.

In today’s Vatnik Soup, we introduce Yanis Varoufakis, a Greek economist and politician. He’s best known for rising to power at the height of the Greek debt crisis, not solving anything but endearing himself to the left — and then using his fame to promote Russian imperialism. 1/20

To mark International Fact-Checking Day, a reminder that the world’s largest database of pro-Kremlin disinformation is publicly available. Since 2015, EUvsDisinfo has documented nearly 20,000 cases exposing the Kremlin’s lies and information manipulation. euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformati...

One weapon in the hybrid arsenal Russia has deployed against Ukraine is religion. Russia has exploited the Orthodox Church to carry out destructive actions on the ground, including through Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) campaigns. Read more here: euvsd.info/1D9ksfM9

How can they keep maintaining the same strategy of spreading false information, creating an alternative reality, failing to explain their decisions, and provoking conflicts with allies when Trump’s approval rating is falling, his mental health is being questioned, and they are risking losing power?⤵️

The fake pivot to Asia: Fighting a war in Iran is a massive blow to US deterrence in the Pacific. American stockpiles of some precision munitions were already a bit low before this started. Burning through them in the Middle East is exactly the opening China wants

One night that revealed Trump’s collapsing mental state. He’s getting worse.

Orban didn't have some kind of magic touch or contact with "real" people. Hungarians have rejected his authoritarian populism and his faux-nationalist propaganda www.ms.now/morning-joe/...

“We were never friends with Orbán,” said Peskov 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

TISZA got 53,6% of the vote, but it translates to 70% of seats in parliament. That's how broken the Hungarian electoral system is. Orban's nasty creation was used against him. It's important that Peter Magyar now gets rid of it for good by rewriting the constitution.

How great would it be if the victory of democracy that just happened in Hungary also led to the UK rejoining the EU!

I don’t think Péter Magyar takes advice from people spreading Russian propaganda, like George Simion. As you can see, he is also attacking the EU after the Hungarian elections, just like Vance, the Russians, and other propagandists. That’s how the instructions came from Moscow.🙄

I understood why Magyar made those statements about Russia. But as everyone is probably aware, any door left open to Russia becomes an opportunity for blackmail and manipulation, and they certainly will not miss this one. I hope Magyar’s experience dealing with Orbán helps him handle the Russians.

But yeah, Basically the far left reaction to the Hungarian election:

Yes, please!

Vance follows today’s Russian propaganda script: the EU is bad, Orbán was good.

❗️The European Commission has proposed 27 conditions to Péter Magyar for unfreezing €35 billion in EU funding for Hungary. These include the immediate lifting of the veto on a €90 billion loan for Ukraine and the removal of the veto on a new package of sanctions against Russia.

Russia’s hand in this for sure 👇

Orbán posted a video saying that he is getting back to work. I hope that Hungarians, and all countries that manage to remove such leaders, understand that if these people are not held accountable for the illegal acts they committed, they will continue to aspire to power, and eventually regain it.

If your country or city doesn’t have an app that shows which restaurants or bars are owned by far-right parties or their friends, it should. Budapest has one, and I think it’s really cool. Don’t forget to use it if you visit Hungary. Source: Daniela Vancic, TikTok account

So Trump still hasn’t congratulated Magyar?

Peter Magyar announced that CPAC Hungary and the rightwing Mathias Corvinus Collegium will no longer receive funds from the Hungarian state, and there will be investigations into the use of state funds to finance them. This is the end of the two biggest rightwing numbskull factories in Europe. 😎

I think it's a good time to look at this picture again and then continue with our day, feeling a bit better.

Today, Europe is Hungarian. We are stronger. More united. To the people of Hungary - you've done it again. You have spoken. You have chosen Europe. It's a victory for fundamental freedoms.

When I planned my Eastern European politics class in the fall, I deliberately scheduled this week’s last lecture to focus on democratic resilience. The Orban defeat has given me a perfect opportunity to end on a hopeful note! #DefendDemocracy #BelieveInDemocracy!

Szijjártó has reappeared; he was photographed today in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and according to P. Magyar, ministries, including the Foreign Affairs Ministry, have begun shredding documents. Sources: 444.hu/2026/04/13/e... hvg.hu/itthon/20260...

Money well "invested", I’d say.

They could have chosen someone more credible to spread conspiracy theories about the elections in Hungary.

Did you know that in Hungarian, “Magyar” means “Hungarian”?

So Orbán, the man who blocked aid to Ukraine, vetoed EU decisions, and embraced Moscow… He was preventing the EU’s decline? 😂

The pro-European vote in Hungary has renewed hope for those who believe in democracy.

🤔 Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó last posted on social media at 4pm yesterday. Since then, despite being one of the main faces of Orbán’s campaign, he has disappeared. He was not with the Fidesz leadership beside Orbán Viktor when they conceded defeat.

Viktor Orban's political party was absolutely crushed in today's Hungarian elections. A change in Hungary's government will lead to the unblocking of a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine as well as the passage of additional sanctions on Russia. Russia and Trump just lost their spy inside the EU.

🇪🇺🇭🇺 Hungary chose Europe today. Budapest’s streets are packed, with people chanting “RUSSIANS, GO HOME”