All Eyes on Hungary at This Hour (Updated Throughout Today)
The polls have closed over in Hungary, where parliamentary elections will determine whether Viktor Orban and his Fidesz Party will remain in power, or be displaced by a conservative coalition that promises to continue many of Orban's policies (such as, unfortunately, heavy dependence on Russia for energy supplies). Significant that Orban's opposition calculates that it can only succeed by running a candidate who is nearly as socially conservative as Orban.