{"id":42755,"date":"2026-04-13T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42755"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:55:07","slug":"president-milanovic-elections-showed-that-hungary-is-a-functional-democracy-orbans-opponent-achieved-a-landslide-victory","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-elections-showed-that-hungary-is-a-functional-democracy-orbans-opponent-achieved-a-landslide-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107: Elections showed that Hungary is a functional democracy; Orb\u00e1n\u2019s opponent achieved a landslide victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cThese elections showed that Hungary is, and this is all that concerns me, a functional electoral democracy. The man lost the elections decisively; his opponent achieved a landslide victory \u2014 which means the system is functioning at that level. These other issues are Hungary\u2019s internal matters, and just as I do not like anyone from the outside interfering in Croatia, I do not do that to others,\u201d said the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107, commenting on the parliamentary elections in Hungary. He added that he had not spoken with the outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, who lost the elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President also commented on the cancellation of the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting in Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a useful forum for dialogue. No issues can actually be resolved there \u2014 we are aware of that and are not overly ambitious \u2014 but unfortunately the President of Serbia is exaggerating and putting me, as the host, in an impossible position. I do not want to have to explain that Croatia will not attack Serbia with tanks, while he keeps repeating that claim very convincingly,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn politics, as in any human relationship, every word you express should carry meaning. This is no way to have a conversation. Unfortunately, there will be nothing of Brijuni,\u201d added President Milanovi\u0107, explaining that he would discuss the matter today with the President of Slovenia, who is a co-organizer of the meeting. \u201cWe have not agreed on anything yet; we have some plans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nata\u0161a Pirc Musar, who met with President Milanovi\u0107 in Rijeka, emphasized that the Brdo-Brijuni Process meeting \u201cis moving forward.\u201d \u201cI cannot confirm where we will meet this year or next, but together we will make an effort to find a new host,\u201d said the Slovenian President, who co-chairs the Brdo-Brijuni Process together with the Croatian President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThese elections showed that Hungary is, and this is all that concerns me, a functional electoral democracy. The man lost the elections decisively; his opponent achieved a landslide victory \u2014 which means the system is functioning at that level. These other issues are Hungary\u2019s internal matters, and just as I do not like anyone from the outside interfering in Croatia, I do not do that to others,\u201d said the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107, commenting on the parliamentary elections in Hungary. He added that he had not spoken with the outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, who lost the elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42754,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-42755","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Milanovi\u0107: Elections showed that Hungary is a functional democracy; Orb\u00e1n\u2019s opponent achieved a landslide victory - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-elections-showed-that-hungary-is-a-functional-democracy-orbans-opponent-achieved-a-landslide-victory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Milanovi\u0107: Elections showed that Hungary is a functional democracy; Orb\u00e1n\u2019s opponent achieved a landslide victory - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThese elections showed that Hungary is, and this is all that concerns me, a functional electoral democracy. 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