conservative but not an Orban clone

by Jay, San Diego, Sunday, April 12, 2026, 16:17 (6 days ago) @ Mark

Orban started as anti-communist and very much pro-democracy, and Magyar was in that following. I was studying abroad in Innsbruck when things started opening up and the wall came down, and I remember reading articles about a younger Orban in Hungary demanding that the Soviets leave. But as Orban grew more autocratic, corrupt, and ever more tied to Russia, Magyar split from him and launched Tisza. He's definitely pro-Europe, pro-NATO, pro-Ukraine. And he doesn't seem to be as hostile to liberal society and the free press, as Orban became.