Viktor Orbán: Difference between revisions

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Fidesz narrowly lost the 2002 and 2006 elections to the Socialist Party, and Orbán spent eight years as the leader of the opposition. The Socialists' rising unpopularity, exacerbated by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's "Őszöd speech", led to Orbán's re-election to the premiership in 2010 in a landslide victory (in coalition with the Christian Democrats). At the helm of a parliamentary supermajority, Orbán's cabinet spearheaded major constitutional and legislative reforms. Fidesz retained its supermajority in the 2014 and 2018 elections.

Orbán's second, third, and fourth premierships have been the subject of significant international controversy, and reception of his political views is mixed. The 2011 constitutional changes enacted under his leadership were, in particular, accused of centralizing legislative and executive power, curbing civil liberties, restricting freedom of speech, and weakening the Constitutional Court and judiciary.For these reasons, critics have described him as "irredentist", "right-wing populist", "authoritarian", "autocratic", "[[Vladimir Putin|Putinist]]", as a "strongman", and as a "dictator". Orbán's social conservatism, national conservatism, soft Euroscepticism and advocacy of what he describes as an "illiberal state" have attracted significant international attention. Some observers have described his government as authoritarian or autocratic.

Orbán's second, and especially his third, and fourth premierships have been the subject of significant international controversy, and reception of his political views is mixed. The 2011 constitutional changes enacted under his leadership were, in particular, accused of centralizing legislative and executive power, curbing civil liberties, restricting freedom of speech, and weakening the Constitutional Court and judiciary. For these reasons, critics have described him as "irredentist", "right-wing populist", "authoritarian", "autocratic", "[[Vladimir Putin|Putinist]]", as a "strongman", and as a "dictator". Orbán's social conservatism, national conservatism, soft Euroscepticism and advocacy of what he describes as an "illiberal state" have attracted significant international attention. Some observers have described his government as authoritarian or autocratic.

Orbán is allies with [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Xi Jinping]], ~~and~~ [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].

Orbán is allies with [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], and [[Aleksandar Vučić]]. However, Orbán has condemned [[Nicolás Maduro]].

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 Fidesz narrowly lost the 2002 and 2006 elections to the Socialist Party, and Orbán spent eight years as the leader of the opposition. The Socialists' rising unpopularity, exacerbated by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's "Őszöd speech", led to Orbán's re-election to the premiership in 2010 in a landslide victory (in coalition with the Christian Democrats). At the helm of a parliamentary supermajority, Orbán's cabinet spearheaded major constitutional and legislative reforms. Fidesz retained its supermajority in the 2014 and 2018 elections.
-Orbán's second, third, and fourth premierships have been the subject of significant international controversy, and reception of his political views is mixed. The 2011 constitutional changes enacted under his leadership were, in particular, accused of centralizing legislative and executive power, curbing civil liberties, restricting freedom of speech, and weakening the Constitutional Court and judiciary.For these reasons, critics have described him as "irredentist", "right-wing populist", "authoritarian", "autocratic", "[[Vladimir Putin|Putinist]]", as a "strongman", and as a "dictator". Orbán's social conservatism, national conservatism, soft Euroscepticism and advocacy of what he describes as an "illiberal state" have attracted significant international attention. Some observers have described his government as authoritarian or autocratic.
+Orbán's second, and especially his third, and fourth premierships have been the subject of significant international controversy, and reception of his political views is mixed. The 2011 constitutional changes enacted under his leadership were, in particular, accused of centralizing legislative and executive power, curbing civil liberties, restricting freedom of speech, and weakening the Constitutional Court and judiciary. For these reasons, critics have described him as "irredentist", "right-wing populist", "authoritarian", "autocratic", "[[Vladimir Putin|Putinist]]", as a "strongman", and as a "dictator". Orbán's social conservatism, national conservatism, soft Euroscepticism and advocacy of what he describes as an "illiberal state" have attracted significant international attention. Some observers have described his government as authoritarian or autocratic.
-Orbán is allies with [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Xi Jinping]], and [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].
+Orbán is allies with [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], and [[Aleksandar Vučić]]. However, Orbán has condemned [[Nicolás Maduro]].
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 [[Category:Modern Villains]]