In Hungary, at the 'End the System' concert: 'This youth who care about politics, we've never seen anything like it'

In Budapest, during the concert featuring 50 music groups encouraging people to vote in the legislative elections, on April 10, 2026. FERENC ISZA / AFP

After seven hours of standing at a concert in the heart of Budapest, some attendees in the crowd still found the strength to climb lampposts and, to cheers, take down posters of Fidesz, the party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. It was close to 11 pm on Friday, April 10, when "the great concert for the dismantling of the regime" ended, drawing several tens of thousands of people who came to hear 50 music groups take turns calling for people to vote in the legislative elections on Sunday, April 12.

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In Budapest, a seven-hour concert aims to hasten Viktor Orban's 'end of the regime'

For hours, Hősök tere (Heroes' Square), where the concert was held, echoed with slogans such as "Mocskos Fidesz!" ("Dirty Fidesz!"), "Ruskik haza!" ("Russians go home!"), or "Orban out!", the main rallying cries of this Hungarian youth who dream of ousting, on Sunday, the 62-year-old nationalist leader who had ruled Hungary for 16 years and who openly displayed his closeness to Russian president Vladimir Putin. "Citizens, they will never be able to scare us again, the Orban regime is living its final hours," said Robert Puzser, the organizer of the event.