Commentary: The EU’s awkward Hungary issue
by Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune
Apr 08, 2022
3 minutes
On April 3, Hungary’s anti-liberal, ultranationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, won a fourth term. While the West remains fixated on the war next door in Ukraine, the threat of Hungary’s continued march away from liberal democracy is coming from inside the Western house. It remains an embarrassment for a bloc that touts itself as a model for human rights and the rule of law to have a member that respects neither.
Orban remains popular at home, but his election was not exactly free and fair. In classic authoritarian fashion, Orban
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