Mar 7, 2024 · One of Donald Trump’s favorite politicians is the Hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. Would a country led again by Trump embrace similar antidemocratic politics?

Oct 25, 2020 · According to Cas Mudde, a University of Georgia professor who is an expert on right-wing populism, the constitutional amendments completed Hungary’s transition from a liberal democracy to a “competitive authoritarian regime”.

Jan 9, 2025 · Orban's speech as the authoritarian populist's to make: the government was "to adopt stricter regulations . . . allowing us to detain people who have illegally crossed Hungarian borders, and to deport them within the shortest possible time," he said, as he pointed to a sham consultation that confirmed this as the "people's will."

Jan 16, 2025 · “IF IT KEEPS ON RAINING, [the] levee’s going to break”—these lines from Led Zeppelin’s classic could be used to convey the strain Viktor Orbán’s regime has come under since Péter Magyar emerged out of nowhere to reconfigure Hungarian politics.

Dec 9, 2021 · This article will analyze how Viktor Orbán uses both the traditional Hungarian news landscape and social media landscape to reveal how he is slowly but surely working towards an authoritarian regime, and how nobody is stopping him.

6 days ago · Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late. President Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, stand for...

Sep 13, 2018 · It has been replaced with an authoritarian regime that wields a cynical interpretation of the law as a weapon; the country is governed by rules like the border journalism permits, regulations...

Jan 11, 2019 · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has transformed from a liberal into an authoritarian leader who uses the tools of democracy to attack civil society. Hungarians are protesting in the...

Dec 6, 2024 · Two new books grant us vivid insight into Hungary’s descent into dictatorship—a feat pulled off so skillfully by Prime Minister Viktor Orban that it inspires awe—and uncover the mechanisms that...

“In 2010 Hungary pulled itself together and carried out a revolution.” —March 28, 2014, during an interview with the pro-government journalist Zsolt Bayer, referring to the 2010 National Assembly election that brought the second Orbán government to power (source in Hungarian at 4:29).