Accordingly, removing checks and balances of all kinds is the only way to counter what they see as entrenched liberal control of key governmental and civil society institutions, including the civil service, NGOs, higher education, finance, the media, and the technology industry. As the preface to The Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership e

The concentration of power that Orban achieved after 2010 largely did away with institutional constraints and silenced dissent. For the many who served in the Trump administration who blame liberal bias and obstructionism for their implementation problems, the Hungarian experience is an inspiration. In their view, the first Trump administration fel

Upon returning to power in 2010, Orban and his advisers concludedthat the source of Hungary’s problems in the preceding eight years had been the weakness of the executive and the state, which was vulnerable to capture by private business interests. With the constitutional majority now in their hands, they set out to build the so-called System of