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Magyar says his government will work for a ‘free, European’ Hungary in break with Orbán era – Europe live
Tisza leader thanks voters in Facebook post and says his administration will be ‘well-functioning and compassionate’
Programme director of the CEU Democracy Institute, and author of Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary
Magyar’s improbable rise was made possible by the government’s worsening economic record and growing anger over its pro-Russian, anti-European stance. For years, Hungarian voters had felt trapped between an authoritarian government and a feeble, fractured opposition. Magyar broke that deadlock.
Removing Orbán from office is one thing. Dismantling Orbánism is quite another. Continue reading...
