💬 Opinion May 9, 2026 · Joshua Bence Kun

Hungary’s Right After Orbán

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An uneasy evening at the Danube Institute. Two days after the Hungarian elections and the decisive defeat of the fifth Orbán government, the attendees’ poise is rather strained. The auditorium — usually packed to the brim — is half-empty, and the otherwise excellent James Allen’s speech on populism and democratic representation seems almost ill-timed. There is good reason Allen’s aperçus do not quite land: A presentation titled “Elections Have Consequences” strikes the wrong chord with an audien

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