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Fidesz Fragmented Under Pressure: Strategy or Disunity?
Are Fidesz's public squabbles and contradictions signs of genuine disunity—or a conscious strategy? Even if it is the latter, how effective can it be…
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‘Then and now’: Why Fidesz’s Attitude to Electoral Defeat has Changed
Conventional wisdom long said that Fidesz’s state-capture gave it a viable plan-B to ride out electoral defeat safely. Alex Faludy probes why the party…
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CPAC Comes to Town (Again)
From May 29 to 30, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) returned to Budapest for the fourth time, convening far-right, illiberal leaders…
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Dunaújváros: Hungary’s Stalinist Model Town
Iván Merker recounts his visit to a new town built in the 1950s to accommodate an ironworks. But is there more to Dunaújváros than the ironic…
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Hungarian Observer Readership Questionnaire #2
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Orbán’s fight against NGOs - Q&A
Lili Rutai answers common questions about Fidesz’s new Sovereignty Protection Bill.
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Krisztina Tóth’s Poetic Flair
George Szirtes reflects on a literary star forced abroad by deteriorating conditions in Hungary. The following is an edited extract from his…
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