/545/ Orbanism without Orban: the New European Centre? ft. Szilard Pap

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7mbxn-1a9d3d8

On Hungary’s elections.

Hungarian political analyst and editor of Partizan, Szilard Pap, talks to Alex about the end of 16 years of Fidesz in government.

• What is the scale of Fidesz’s wipeout?

• Who is Péter Magyar, and is he actually to the right of Orban?

• What was Orban’s rule built on, and what parts of it have been rejected?

• Does Orban mark a shift from national-populism to radical conservatism? From anti-politics to hyperpolitics?

• What is the impact on global radical right? Was there a global Orbanism, and is it over?

• How will this impact European “unity” and will Orban’s defeat lead to escalation in Ukraine?

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Links:

• The Mittel Man, Ivan Krastev, Equator

• Viktor Orbán’s Hungarian Model Has Collapsed, David Broder, Jacobin