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What the End of Viktor Orban Means for the New Right
The defeat followed anger over corruption, as voters said Orban steered state resources to cronies, family and hometown friends.
- Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the proudly "illiberal" leader of Hungary, was crushed at the polls this weekend as voters rejected his administration amid widespread corruption.
- Orban steered state resources to cronies, family, and hometown friends on a massive scale while larding courts, universities, and state media with political loyalists.
- President Trump, Tucker Carlson, and JD Vance lavished praise on Hungary, viewing the nation as a model of opposition to contemporary liberalism and conservative governance.
- Over the last decade, Hungary became for the New Right what Sweden or Cuba were to the Old Left, with supporters championing it as a governance model.
- While critics long labeled Orban an authoritarian, the election results suggest voters finally rejected his attempts to rewrite election laws, demonstrating limits of power.
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