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Milan Nik and Julian Rappold – To the Viktor Go the Spoils: What Orbán Needs to Form a New Political Camp in Europe

"Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest at night" Photo is in the public domain. No citation required
"Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest at night" Photo is in the public domain. No citation required

Nic, Milan, and Julian Rappold. “To the Viktor Go the Spoils: What Orban Needs to Form a New Political Camp in Europe.” DGAP Commentary, no. 9 (March 2021).

Abstract

The next months will show whether Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán can retain his influence in Europe even outside its largest political family. Having left the center-right European People’s Party before his party was finally pushed out, Orbán is now trying to regroup and unite the populist and Euroskeptic forces in European Parliament. What looks like a defeat could still be turned to his advantage if it leads to a lasting reshuffle of political alliances and strengthens illiberal voices.

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By illiberalism.org

The Illiberalism Studies Program studies the different faces of illiberal politics and thought in today’s world, taking into account the diversity of their cultural context, their intellectual genealogy, the sociology of their popular support, and their implications on the international scene.