R. Daniel Kelemen from Rutgers has given an interview to Népszava and in it he mentioned that the benefit of an EU-membership might be that Orbán will not resort to Lukashenko-like violence because an EU member state can not sink as deeply into autocracy as a non-member could. Continue reading
Category Archives: System Decay
Orbán pulls the same old tricks – Will they work for him again?
Old farts vs new tricks Continue reading
Spending like there’s no tomorrow
Orbán returned from his war against Brussels and spending got completely out of hand Continue reading
The myth of Orbán’s talent
Now that Orbán’s myth of invincibility is broken, people are suddenly starting to see his shortcomings as a politician. Continue reading
After Orbán
“I feel like I win when I lose” Continue reading
Film students unleashed?
70 days of #FreeSZFE and counting Continue reading
Things are not going Orbán’s way
The unstoppable trend of autocracy has stopped Continue reading
Emergency powers, changing constitution, rewriting the election law… and a little bit of Covid
The timing is the most interesting 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
Threats are godsend for strongmen. But a virus is related to healthcare and Orbán is failing at that
Is the corona scare good or bad for Orbán? Continue reading