Abstract
Viktor Orbán - First among Illiberals? Hungarian and Polish Steps towards Populist Democracy
Highlights
Poles and Hungarians have long shared a special relationship. The shared proverb: “Poles and Hungarians brothers be, good for the sabre as well as for the (drinking) glass” (in Polish “Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki”, in Hungarian “Lengyel, magyar – két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát”) sums up the characteristics of the relations between the two societies revealing a centuries-long intimacy between them
The illiberalism observed in Central Europe today has the face of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński
At least two key factors influenced the success of the Hungarian right, namely the economic crisis and a political scandal centred on the incumbent socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány
Summary
Poles and Hungarians have long shared a special relationship. The shared proverb: “Poles and Hungarians brothers be, good for the sabre as well as for the (drinking) glass” (in Polish “Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki”, in Hungarian “Lengyel, magyar – két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát”) sums up the characteristics of the relations between the two societies revealing a centuries-long intimacy between them. The illiberalism observed in Central Europe today has the face of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński.
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