France, April 15 -- "They very strategically and tactically avoided discussing this topic," says Dombos, director of the Hatter Society.

"They did not want this topic to dominate the election campaign, they avoided it as much as possible. They focus on issues that are not divisive, such as healthcare or corruption."

The concern, he says, is that Magyar "failed to make very clear commitments to LGBTQI+ rights" - even as he promised to end the erosion of rights seen throughout the Orban years.

Spontaneous mass celebrations in Budapest after Orban's ouster A series of laws

Orban came to power in 2010, and what followed was not a dramatic crackdown but rather, according to Dombos, "a series of [pieces of] legislation being adopted th...