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Watch: the End of Orbán in Hungary? - The Guardian

• 8 Apr 2026 7:51 AM

Over the past 16 years prime minister Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into what he calls an ‘illiberal democracy’, using a parliamentary supermajority to effect constitutional control over institutions, targeting minorities, political opponents and the independent media in the process.

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