[Opinion] Magyar’s Mandate: Six Insights From a Post-Election Hungary – European Council on Foreign Relations
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Magyar’s mandate: Six insights from a post-election Hungary – European Council on Foreign Relations
Cover image: Illustration by Chris Eichberger In few days Peter Magyar will become prime minister of a country shaped almost entirely in one man’s image. After 16 years of Viktor Orban’s illiberal rule, the opposition’s victory could not come soon enough for European leaders. They expect Hungary under Magyar to be more constructive towards Brussels and Ukraine, more cautious about Russia, China and Donald Trump’s America, and no longer the EU’s …
The policy of Hungary's new prime minister may surprise Western public opinion. The media already point to similarities between Peter Magyar and Viktor Orban.
Peter Magyar has much more in common with Viktor Orbán than with globalist Eurocrats, argues Jonathan Greenberger of Politico. According to the expert, optimism about changes in Hungary may be premature. Before European leaders start celebrating, it's worth considering who he defeated and how he did it, Greenberg argues.
Despite celebrating the crushing electoral defeat of the European Union's villain, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Brussels risks drawing the wrong conclusions from Peter Magyar's victory, Politico reported. The website points out that the new Hungarian prime minister is a populist who will pursue "pragmatic cooperation" with Moscow.
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