together with a lot of other people who thought that fidesz s original strategy was in the centre. and so i was more an observer ever since, regarding fidesz. but of course, i know many fidesz people even today. so i keep track of the party s development. and even fidesz. 0rban. 0rban could get to government. so he was successful in profiling fidesz as a right wing conservative party. and he became a prime minister already in 98. he did. he had one term. a coalition. and then, of course, he was booted out. exactly. and for eight years after that, the more progressive parties in hungary, left of centre progressive parties, were in power.
a coalition. and then, of course, he was booted out. exactly. and for eight years after that, the more progressive parties in hungary, left of centre progressive parties, were in power. and viktor orban s contention, to explain himself today, is that those centre left progressive parties and their politics fundamentally failed hungary. they actually undermined hungary s culture, sense of itself and sense of identity. and that s a message which the hungarian people for the last 13 years appear to have bought. well, when fidesz moved to the right, it modernised hungarian nationalism and. in a very successful way. in a very successful way, yes. obviously, there was an appetite for that. and orban could figure some kind of national identity, which was important. and he was very successful around the early 2000s
and then, of course, he was booted out. exactly. and for eight years after that, the more progressive parties in hungary, left of centre progressive parties, were in power. and viktor orban s contention, to explain himself today, is that those centre left progressive parties and their politics fundamentally failed hungary. they actually undermined hungary s culture, sense of itself and sense of identity. and that s a message which the hungarian people for the last 13 years appear to have bought. well, when fidesz moved to the right, it modernised hungarian nationalism and. in a very successful way. in a very successful way, yes. obviously, there was an appetite for that. and orban could figure some kind of national identity, which was important.
party as a right wing party. i left the fidesz at 1994, together with a lot of other people who thought that fidesz s original strategy was in the centre. and so i was more an observer ever since, regarding fidesz. but of course, i know many fidesz people even today. so i keep track of the party s development. and even fidesz. orban. orban could get to government. so he was successful in profiling fidesz as a right wing conservative party. and he became a prime minister already in 98. he did. he had one term. a coalition. and then, of course, he was booted out. exactly. and for eight years after that, the more progressive parties in hungary, left of centre progressive parties, were in power. and viktor orban s contention, to explain himself today, is that those centre left progressive parties and their politics