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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party has won the European Parliament elections despite posting its worst result in European elections to date, the electoral authority said early Monday with some 95% of the votes counted. Fidesz came out on top with 44.4%. The new Respect and Freedom (TISZA) party, formed by former Orbán ally Péter Magyar, garnered 29.8% in what was its first test at the ballot. Magyar caused a stir this year by resigning from Orbán’s Fidesz party to take the helm of the obscure centre-right TISZA. According to the preliminary results, Fidesz has won 11 seats in…

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