by Amy Randolph-Espinoza | May 1, 2026 | Suffolk University
On April 12 2026 Viktor Orbán’s sixteen-year grip on Hungary ended. This is when Péter Magyar’s Tisza party won a landslide securing a two-thirds supermajority in parliament. The same threshold Orbán had used for years to rewrite the constitution in...
by Sam Dye | Apr 28, 2026 | Tulane University
Viktor , standard bearer of the international populist right wing and Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010, has been defeated. The election took place on April, 12th 2026 and saw Péter Magyar, a former ally of Orbán’s, achieve a sweeping victory in the highest turnout...
by Annamarie Nunez | Apr 17, 2026 | Boston University
Under the leadership of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Fidesz party, Hungary faced years of gradual erosion of its democracy. By rewriting the constitution, a power granted by a ⅔ majority over parliament, Orbán was able to legally undermine democratic...
by Merve Edeer | Jan 6, 2023 | Sabanci University
Hungary was seen as the success story of democratization among post-communist countries. When Orbán won the majority in 2010, democratic backsliding indicators came out of the box. Therefore, one of the most successful stories of democratization turned into a...
