In 2020, Orbán seems to have completed the Orbanization of the courts Continue reading
Category Archives: Real existing Orbánism
Budapest voted against Orbán. Budapest must die.
Orbán’s reaction to the 2019 local election defeat became clear early on: revenge and punishment of renitent cities. And the pandemic lent him an excuse. The worst hit city, and the one getting the full force of Orbán’s wrath, is Budapest. Continue reading
Orbán punishes opposition cities
A village of 3900 people received EU funds equivalent of half of Budapest’s annual budget (population 1.7 million) as a gift for loyalty to Orbán. Continue reading
Should a constitutional supermajority even be allowed?
What was Janez Janša thinking? Continue reading
“We don’t think about the criminal law. We don’t report each other.”
The creepiest quote of the Szájer-scandal (so far) Continue reading
Government listing journalists’ foreign travel because “it’s usually Soros”
So they believe their own propaganda and paranoia is now proudly admitted official policy Continue reading
Can someone please explain to me what these things are doing in school textbooks?
These two examples come from elementary school textbooks and making the rounds on social media – one more inexplicable than the next. Continue reading
A year after the academy of science was Orbanized, the minister distributes research grants
In June 2019, after some the usual mini-resistance, uproar, a little protesting and the obligatory voices of international disapproval, the academy of science (MTA) has been Orbanized. One year later, the minister personally rewrites the list of research grant recipients – to no one’s surprise. Continue reading
Fidesz is such a strong brand, its candidates run as “independent”
Set aside your simplistic assumptions. Disinformation is way ahead of us Continue reading
Even digital radio was too free
Authorities discontinued digital technology because it wouldn’t allow them to allocate frequencies Continue reading
