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Fidesz
September 22, 2023
Magazine
Emily Tamkin
Why the GOP Fell in Love with Hungary
The central European country isn’t exactly the right-wing paradise many Republicans portray it as.
April 5, 2022
Magazine
Zsuzsanna Szelényi
How Viktor Orbán Built His Illiberal State
Fidesz’s victory Sunday was the culmination of many events that, once upon a time, we thought couldn’t happen here.
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