World
Katya Adler: Jubilation in Budapest will be felt in Europe but leaves Moscow cold
Brief
European leaders share Hungarians' joy over the ousting of Vladimir Putin's EU ally, writes the BBC's Europe editor.
There was a definite sense here that history was being made. Voter turnout was record-breaking. Despite Orbán's iron grip on state media, the changes he introduced to the electoral system to favour his party and the huge influence his friends and family members have in positions of power in the "illiberal democracy" he said he turned Hungary into, the Fidesz leader was totally trounced at the polls.
