(BUDAPEST, Hungary) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his “decisive” re-election victory and the super majority in parliament his right-wing populist party appeared to have won Sunday were “an opportunity to defend Hungary.” Critics said they feared Orban will use his third consecutive term and the Fidesz party’s two-thirds control of Hungary’s national legislature to intensify his attacks on migration and to strengthen his command of the country’s centralized power structure. Hungary’s remaining independent media, the courts that have made numerous rulings the government did not like and a university founded by Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros, also are among Orban’s likely targets. “We created the opportunity for ourselves to defend Hungary,” Orban told a rapturous crowd after his landslide win became undisputable.
Populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban Wins Third Consecutive Term In Hungary
Pablo Gorondi / AP, Time: World
Sun, 04/08/2018 - 6:30pm
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