• Dismantling Democracy: Lessons from Hungary's Viktor Orban

  • Apr 20 2025
  • Length: 8 mins
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Dismantling Democracy: Lessons from Hungary's Viktor Orban

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  • Viktor Orban is in his fourth consecutive term as Prime Minister of Hungary. In that time, he has dismantled democratic checks and balances, taken control of the country's media, civil society and universities, and consolidated power in him and his Fidesz party.

    NPR's Rob Schmitz looks at how Orban's step-by-step dismantling of Hungary's democracy has become a point of fascination for political scientists around the world, including those advising the Trump administration.

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