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Orbán’s defeat ends Hungary’s role as a conservative model, not postliberalism
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán lost power after his Fidesz party was defeated in a landslide by Péter Magyar’s Tisza party in April. Orbán conceded, and turnout approached 80 percent, setting a national record. The result marked a dramatic reversal for a government that had been in power for 16 years. It also ended Hungary’s role as a showcase for conservatives in the United States and elsewhere who had praised Orbán’s political model.
Orbán’s loss doesn’t signal postliberalism’s end, as the movement—rooted in conservative thought and inspired by Hungary—continues to influence beyond borders…
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