Viktor Orbán debates with András Hont tonight

Hont vs Orbán – this is how Viktor Orbán announced on his social media page the debate with publicist András Hont, which will begin today, Thursday, at 7 p.m. and will be available on ÖT's YouTube channel.

The conversation between András Hont and Viktor Orbán is currently one of the most popular video content on YouTube.

Tempers flared on Thursday evening: Viktor Orbán, the titan of Hungarian politics, faced the sharpest questions as a guest of András Hont, the relentlessly critical publicist, on ÖT's YouTube channel.

Viktor Orbán gave an interview to András Hont, who was once a Fidesz local government representative and Tamás Deutsch's campaign manager, and then an advisor in Terézváros for the MSZP-SZDSZ, but has been working in the media since the beginning of the Orbán regime. This Orbán interview would have been a big deal a few months ago, since András Hont was still working at Átlátszó at the time – after having been an employee of HVG for ten years – …

You could have known that if they wanted to attack the person closest to me in the government, there were two options. Either Gulyás or Minister Rogán should be attacked, Viktor Orbán said in a pre-recorded interview about the US sanctions on Antal Rogán to András Hont on the Öt YouTube channel. The prime minister announced the broadcast on his social media page as “Hont vs. Orbán. The derby,” but the conversation ended up being more cheerful.

Yet Orbán has almost no contact with the press independent of the government.