The Italian historian of Hungarian origin discusses about the recent Hungarian parliamentary elections and the phenomenon Orban in the times of Russian intervention in Ukraine: - what motivates the Hungarian province, underclass and the Hungarian elites of Buda to support Orban from very different positions and with different rationalizations; - why did the Hungarian opposition fail so lamentably at the April 2022 vote - over 20% points behind Orban in election results; - Hungary as a regional powerhouse in Southeastern Europe - it started in 2015 with the refugee crisis and the coming in power of Law and Justice in Poland and it got quite a bit of magnitude; - however the Polish leadership scorned Orban over his reluctance to adopt clear anti-Russian position an policies over the war in Ukraine - therefore Polish influence in the EU is rising, while the Hungarian one is falling; - Hungary can no longer pretend to be a bridge and middle ground between "the West" and "the East", when there is an open confrontation between them; - how to be a successful opposition to Orban and how not to be - examples from the elections with a right-wing and a left-wing candidate.
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Stefano Bottoni: Orban is a rebel with the consent of the authorities
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Stefano Bottoni: Orban is a rebel with the consent of the authorities