A new populist party riding anger among Dutch farmers and rural communities at government policies to rein in agricultural pollution emerged as the big winner in provincial elections Wednesday, according to early exit polls.
A new populist party riding anger among Dutch farmers and rural communities at government policies to rein in agricultural pollution emerged as the big winner in provincial elections Wednesday, according to early exit polls. The elections for the Netherlands’ 12 provincial legislatures also indirectly decide the makeup of the country’s national senate and the…
Viktor Orbán, Hungarian form Orbán Viktor, (born May 31, 1963, Alcsútdoboz, Hungary), Hungarian politician who served as prime minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010– ). He was considered to be the first post-Cold War head of government in eastern and central Europe who had not been a member of a Soviet-era communist regime. Orbán received a law degree from the University of Budapest in 1987. The following year he gained a fellowship appointment at a central and eastern European research group sponsored by the Soros Foundation, a pro-democracy organization created by the financier George Soros. Orbán also became a founding member