Associate Professor in the SAGAS Department at the University of Florence. His research interest focuses on the political and social history of Eastern Europe since 1918. Author of The Orbán Enigma: How a Former Liberal Turned Hungary Into a Global Illiberal Laboratory (forthcoming 2026).
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05.05.2026
Hungary’s Restart
Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz was defeated by a grassroots movement that faced down systematic intimidation in an extraordinary act of popular mobilisation. The attempt to restart democracy in Hungary stands a better chance of success than at any time since 1989. Will Péter Magyar take the country in the right direction?
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