Inside the Orbán insurgency
Posted on AllSides May 18th, 2024
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Will Viktor Orbán really march to Brussels and, as he claims, “occupy” the heart of the European Union? The EU’s enfant terrible has clashed with the bloc for years, but he is no Nigel Farage. He doesn’t want to abandon ship; he wants to commandeer the battered vessel and course-correct. “Our plan is not to leave Brussels but to take it over,” Orbán told Hungarian media in December. And he will soon have a chance to do just that.
Come next month’s European Parliamentary elections, Orbán hopes a Right-populist wave will allow...
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