Stunning loss of rightwing populist in Hungary carries symbolic significance for opponents of Donald Trump
For US Democrats seeking rays of light in the dark landscape of Donald Trump’s authoritarian onslaught, illumination has arrived from the unlikely source of Budapest.
Viktor Orbán’s stunning defeat in Hungary’s general election – ending 16 years of unbroken rule for his governing Fidesz party – carries symbolic and psychological significance for American politics out of all proportion to the central European country’s modest size and distance from the US.
I mean, what’s to stop these guys from just calling off elections altogether? That’s what Hamas did in Gaza.
Most people in Europe understand what dictatorship is and don’t like the idea so people like Orban have to move slowly and operate as illiberal democracy. Blatantly ignoring the constitution would cause mass protests and some reaction from the EU and they try to avoid it.