Writing for Brussels Signal, Henry Olsen dissects why Fidesz and Viktor Orbán lost the Hungarian presidency. Here is a key insight.
Fidesz wasn’t entrusted with government to enrich its friends and protect them from justice. It was elected to make Hungarians richer materially and spiritually.
Any Western European government that had experienced scandal and a stagnant economy would expect to be tossed on its rear come election time. That’s what happened to Britain’s Conservatives in 1997 and 2024, and that’s what happened to Viktor Orbán.
Indeed.
