Issued on: 12/04/2026 - 12:11

Hungarians began voting on Sunday in closely watched parliamentary elections that could end nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 16-year stint in power as a self-described "thorn" in the EU's side. France 24 correspondent Clovis Casali reports the latest from Budapest.

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