​Who is Hungary’s Péter Magyar and how he overturned Viktor Orbán’s illiberal democracy

How Péter Magyar Liberated Hungary of Trump's Clone

Hungarian voters have overwhelmingly rejected the 16-year rule of authoritarian strongman Viktor Orbán, which will allow the new government to roll back some of the illiberal measures introduced Orbán governments over the years. One of Magyar’s key election promises was to restore press freedom, and reform state-run media, which, under Orbán, had become a powerful tool for distributing disinformation. The post How Péter Magyar Liberated Hungary …

What Orbán’s ouster means for MAGA, Le Pen and Brussels

Election night in Hungary was an emotional and teary one … but now, the work begins. The winners — Peter Magyar’s Tisza party — have the daunting task of reversing years of democratic backsli…

Orbán’s Ouster Doesn’t Prove His Critics Wrong

In the wake of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s landslide election defeat, populist conservatives and other thinkers in the “heterodox” intellectual space have been mounting a curious defense of the outgoing leader.Through a 16-year process of extreme gerrymandering, the weakening of checks and balances, and the dragooning of independent media, Orbán transformed Hungary into what he called an “illiberal democracy.” His strongman tactics a…

I'm a Hungarian Scot - here's my dream for my country after Orbán’s fall

The last of the votes are still being counted in Hungary to finalise the results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, which brought Viktor…

Orbán’s Defeat in Hungary Exposes Rifts on the American Right

Hungary’s elections earlier this week marked a seismic shift after 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s dominance, as Peter Magyar’s opposition Tisza party won with over half the vote and a supermajority in the legislature. The attention focused on this small Central European country may seem disproportionate—but Orbán attracted not only the active support of the Trump Administration, with Vice President Vance flying out to rally for him in person, but al…