Viktor Orbán lost because his party thought Hungarians were stupid
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What Viktor Orbán's demise tells us about the new political compass
When Viktor Orbán lost the Hungarian parliamentary election last month, most of the coverage told a familiar story: Liberal democracy had defeated nationalist authoritarianism. Left had beaten right. Those headlines, while partly true, left out an important point that has implications well beyond Hungary.What actually drove ordinary Hungarian voters to the polls wasn't ideology. It was economic stagnation, rising inflation, and falling living st…
Orbán was the Russians' Trojan horse in the EU, according to liberal and people's party members of the European Parliament, who clearly trust in the reconstruction of the rule of law with the victory of the Tisza Party. We asked MEPs in Strasbourg.
A Hungarian Playbook for Defeating Populists?
Advocates of liberal democracy everywhere are celebrating Péter Magyar’s triumph over Viktor Orbán. But among the lessons to draw from the Hungarian experience, the most important may be that toppling an illiberal populist is not as straightforward as much of the press coverage has made it seem.
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- 40% of the sources lean Left, 40% of the sources lean Right
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