EU president calls Hungary election a 'victory for fundamental freedoms' as world leaders congratulate Magyar

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European Union ​Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Hungary's election as "a victory for fundamental freedoms," and compared the ousting of nationalist Viktor Orbán to the country's 1956 ‌anti-Soviet uprising and its 1989 break with communism.

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