Hungary Is Not a Colony
Following the 2010 victory of the populist, right-wing Fidesz party that gave it a two-third supermajority in the national parliament, Hungary has become an enfant terrible in the eyes of most of its partners in Europe. Many observers still find it hard to understand how and why Hungary, which led the way during the fall of communism, and a former “best student” during accession to the European Union, has started to distance itself from common European values both in rhetoric and practice.