Hungary

An analysis of European populism explores why it has established deepest roots in two former Iron Curtain states. Authoritarian populists almost doubled their share of electoral votes across Europe between 2001 and 2018 – from 11.8% to 22.3%, according to Swedish think-tank the Timbro institute. There was then a decline after, but it is too […]

Viktor Orban, the Hungarian PM, is acting as a Trojan horse, disrupting the EU from within, argues PAUL KNOTT When last in opposition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán infamously said ‘we have only to win once, but then properly’. True to his word, Orbán has, through extensive and controversial constitutional changes, hollowed out Hungary’s democratic […]