Hungary's election was a false dawn for Europe

Hungary's election was a false dawn for Europe

The publication of articles with titles like “I see light in the darkness – a backlash against bigotry is under way” which observe “signs that xenophobic populism is on the wane” might make us think that world politics is finally looking up for progressivism. And there has been no shortage of such articles following Viktor Orbán’s defeat in the recent Hungarian election. The only issue is that the quoted article was published in October 2016, ne…