Orban, after all, also lost power after his first term as prime minister (1998-2002). He accepted that defeat, but Fidesz too planted a seed of doubt about electoral fraud committed by the then-opposition parties. Orban then spent eight years in opposition nursing grievances against the socialists and liberals. In his view, they stood not for the n

Civic Alliance (Fidesz) party continues to win overwhelming majorities. At a time of fierce anti-incumbency sentiment, Orban is currently the longest-serving leader in the European Union and the longest-serving prime minister in Hungary’s post-communist history As former president Donald Trump implies, Republicans in the United States have notice

Hungary’s Viktor Orban is arguably the most successful populist leader in the world today. Since he became prime minister for the second time in 2010, he has transformed Hungary into what many describe as an “illiberal democracy”. Over those 14 years, he has seized control of nearly all the institutions of the state and most of the media, and