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After 16 years of uninterrupted rule, the party of Viktor Orbán was swept from power in Hungary's April 12 parliamentary election. Orbán’s defeat was greeted with relief in Hungary and across Europe – and with consternation in the national-populist camp, which has lost a valuable champion. The Tisza (Respect and Freedom) party led by Péter Magyar, a pro-European conservative and former minister under Orbán, achieved a two-thirds majority and will have a free hand to implement its programme.
Can the Orbán regime and its endemic corruption be easily dismantled? How will the rule of law be restored, and what obstacles might arise? What role has the independent press played? How will Hungary's relations with its neighbours change, starting with Ukraine? And what lessons can be drawn for the future of democracy in Europe and the struggle against illiberalism?
We discussed all this and more with two Hungarian journalists, György Folk, in Brussels, and Boróka Parászka in Târgu Mureș (Romania).
🤝 This live is produced as part of the PULSE project, a European initiative aimed at promoting cross-border journalistic cooperation.
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