Hungary’s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orban, won re-election to a fourth consecutive four-year term, owing to a rigged electoral system and a largely state-controlled media that made it impossible for the united opposition to reach many voters.
However, the scale of Orban’s victory shocked most observers. United for Hungary candidate Peter Marki-Zay lost the popular vote by 53 percent to 35 percent, giving Orban’s Fidesz Party yet another constitutional supermajority in parliament. It was a crushing defeat for the EU as well.
Perhaps the outcome could force Hungary’s opposition to consider the largely economic reasons why so many Hungarians vote for
As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches its second anniversary, the emergence of the Omicron variant has prompted many to ask whether there will ever be a light at the end of the tunnel. And, given seemingly entrenched nationalism and vaccine misinformation, will the world cope any better with the next global health crisis?
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