“We are entering an era of authoritarianism and domineering" – Orbán breaks silence, addresses supporters

Outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote a letter to the members of the Digital Civic Circles (DPK), the social-media based community they started building up in the summer of 2025. He started out by acknowledging that they had suffered what he called an "earth-shattering defeat" on April 12, and said that there was no sugarcoating it.

“We’ve never worked this hard on a campaign, and we still lost the election.

Thank you for sticking by me over the past few months. Thanks to you and the Fight Club, the national side did not bow before the globalist forces in the digital sphere either. Your stance will always be remembered with respect in Hungarian political history,” he declared.

He noted that following the painful defeat, it is now time for regrouping, a sa new political landscape appears to be taking shape in Hungary, one that will be primarily defined by the character of the soon-to-be-formed government. According to Orbán, this will be a grand coalition with a liberal orientation, similar to the one operating in the European Parliament, the difference being that instead of existing between parties, it will exist within a single party. Therefore, he believes that the most important task is to defend the achievements of the national era.

“As a ruling party, Fidesz has weakened. Operating from the opposition, it will not be able to renew the entire Hungarian right wing.”

“Renewal should not come from the party itself, but from smaller and bigger clubs and circles where people believe in the national cause and know that losing an election does not diminish the value of the work we have done over the past 16 years. The DPK is a platform of this kind, and as such, it will play a key role in reorganizing the national movement.”

He argued that during the election campaign, Hungarian voters were presented with two competing proposals. Tisza promised that people’s lives would improve if they voted for change. Fidesz’s proposal, by contrast, went like this: we are living in an age of danger; do not abandon the beaten path for the untrodden one.

“We are entering an era of authoritarianism and domineering. The initial signs have already started to appear. By attacking the President of the Republic and other public officials, they would abolish constitutional guarantees. They will bend the knee to Brussels; they will support war and the migration pact. They want to abolish subsidised energy prices. These are worrying signs, and yet we hope we are wrong. For us, a period of unity, of thinking together, and of rebuilding is coming. This group and the entire DPK network are among the key pillars of the renewal of the national movement. I am counting on you for rethinking, forming opinion, and taking action together. I await your suggestions.”

Orbán met with the party's executive committee just a week ago; at that time, members could ask him questions, and he also announced that the congress scheduled for the fall would be moved up to June, which is when they will vote on whether he is to continue as the party's president. Since Fidesz's election defeat, he has given only one longer interview; on April 16, he told Patrióta that his party's defeat was his responsibility.