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Viktor Orbán
Viktor Mihály Orbán is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of Hungary from 1998 to 2002 and from 2010 to 2026. He has also been the president of Fidesz, which has been variously characterised as a Christian nationalist, illiberal, and far-right political party. He has served as its president since 2003, and previously from 1993 to 2000.
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sports · Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002, 2010–2026) · politician · jurist · association football player · sociologist · head of government · also Viktor Orbán, Victor Orban, Orbán
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When questioned about the integration of Ukraine into the European Union by reporters in English ahead of the European Council summit in Brussels (June 26, 2025)."Hungary opposes Ukraine's EU membership, says it would mean integrating war", Anadolu Agency .
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2026· 55 entries
politico.eu: Orbán’s Fidesz party ‘ready to work’ with Hungary’s new government against corruption
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mb.ntd.com: Hungary Declares Russia a Threat, Reversing Orban’s Moscow-Friendly Policy
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News.by: New Hungarian Government Liquidates Funds Linked to Orbán’s Fidesz
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Euronews.com: Fidesz considers a future without Orbán – or even dissolution
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Kyiv Post: Hungary Breaks From Orbán's Kremlin Ties, Names Russia a ‘Threat’ to Europe in New UN Document
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Balkanweb.com: In a 180-degree turn after Orban's departure, Hungary declares Russia a "threat to Europe and global order"
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ukranews.com: Hungary officially recognizes russia as threat to state and abandons Orbán's policy
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Ukrinform: Hungarian government recognizes Russia as threat, announces departure from Orbán's foreign policy
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Цензор.НЕТ: Hungarian government has recognised Russia as threat and announced shift away from Orbán’s foreign policy, - media
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Daily News Hungary: Péter Magyar reveals how long he plans to be prime minister as Viktor Orbán’s party falls apart
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Politico Europe: Hungary declares Russia a ‘threat’, breaking with Orbán policy
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streamlinefeed.co.ke: Peter Magyar Dismantles Viktor Orbán's Domestic and Brussels Power Networks
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Fair Observer: The Political Archeology of Viktor Orbán’s Legacy
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Daily News Hungary: Orbán’s secret EU campaign revealed: How Hungary took its message to Europe – and how much we paid for it
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France 24: Hungary music festival basks in post-Orban freedom
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vreme.com: How connected is Viktor Orbán to the new owner of N1
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theins.press: Hungary drops case against Ukrainian bank couriers detained under ex-PM Viktor Orbán for transporting millions in cash and gold
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Hungarian Conservative: Ukraine In, Israel Out as Leaders Greet Hungary on First National Day after Orbán
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Українські Національні Новини (УНН): "The End of Orbán's Lies" — Ukraine Reacts to Hungary Closing the Case of Oschadbank's "Gold Convoy"
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The Guardian: Is Bulgarian prime minister Rumen Radev sizing up the EU’s Orbán-shaped hole?
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Bloomberg: Hungary’s Magyar Is Racing to Dismantle Orban’s Corrupt Regime
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Hungarian Conservative: Orbán’s Father Offers Stone as Hungary’s Wealthiest Rally to Save Nuclear Plant
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Mshale: Drone Footage Shows Thousands Celebrating In Budapest After Viktor Orbán Ousted In Historic Election Drive Bc (NcViPT8ngy)
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Hungary Today: Mystery Surrounds Viktor Orbán’s White House Visit
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The Economist: Can Viktor Orban be beaten?
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Hungary Today: The "Quiet One" Becomes FIDESZ Parliamentary Leader, as Orbán Calls for National Resistance
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Hungarian Conservative: Hungary Pulls €170M EU Grant from Orbán-Linked Billionaire Four Days after Approval
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RFI: Hungary elects Orban critic Andras Baka as first president in new political era
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inkl: Hungary elects Orban critic Andras Baka as first president of new political era
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Mshale: Hungary Election 2026: Can Viktor Orbán Be Voted Out After 16 Years? Celta Vs Levante (IEDXhRtNeD)
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The Budapest Times: Government files criminal complaint over Orbán social media contracts
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Mshale: Hungary Election Shock: Peter Magyar Defeats Viktor Orbán After 16 Years In Power Manduria (f9gkHQlGzg)
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Mshale: Hungary Votes As PM Orban Faces Toughest Election Challenge In Years Backlash 2026 (TAIAyvDTxU)
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dw.com: Hungary's parliament elects Orban critic as new president
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Luxembourg Times: Hungary elects Baka as new President in shift From Orbán era
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The Bulwark: What Does Hungary’s New President Mean for Its Post-Orbán Future?
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NewsCord: Hungary’s Parliament Elects András Baka as President After Viktor Orbán’s Era: 32 outlets compared
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The News Pakistan: Orban-critic ex-judge becomes Hungary president
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Mshale: Orban Loses BIG - Hungary Election Results Explained Dillon Danis (8FlYCd9Oi8)
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Published video “Mit kell tennünk nekünk, jobboldaliaknak”.
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Published video “Ma Magyarországon a nemzeti ellenállás célja a szabadság helyreállítása.”.
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Published video “A hibáinkból tanulni kell, a vívmányainkra pedig büszkének lenni! 💪”.
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Published video “Széllel szemben 🌬️”.
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Published video “Számvetés.”.
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Published video “Hajdu János, a mi hősünk.”.
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Published video “Itt mindig otthon voltunk, itt mindig otthon vagyunk. ❤️”.
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Published video “Itthon vagyunk! 🇭🇺❤️”.
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Published video “A Fidesz küldetése: alázat és szolgálat.”.
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Published video “Ha nem az emberek döntik el, hogy kire szavaznak, akkor a demokráciának befellegzett.”.
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Reported claimRated False. Ms von der Leyen continues to be president of the commission, and is due to continue in the role until the next European elections in 2029. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Viktor Orbán has taken control of the European Commission from Ursula von der Leyen.” False. Ms von der Leyen continues to be president of the commission, and is due to continue in the role until the next European elections in 2029..
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After the defeat in the Parliamentary elections, Orbán said he would leave his Parliament seat but hoped to remain as head of Fidesz
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Lead Stories rated the claim “There is an official poll in Hungary where Orbán gets 68% of the vote while Péter Magyar gets 35%” Total = 103%.
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Campaign: 2026 parliamentary election.
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“Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide, BBC News (13 April 2026)”
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2025· 2 entries
“On the Russia–Ukraine war, speaking on 19 December 2025 after an EU summit where he opposed any financial help for Ukraine.December 2025”
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“When questioned about the integration of Ukraine into the European Union by reporters in English ahead of the European Council summit in Brussels (June 26, 2025)."Hungary opposes Ukraine's EU membership, says it would mean integrating war", Anadolu Agency .”
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2024· 3 entries
Awarded Supreme Order of Turkic World (2024).
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“Viktor Orbán in Moskau: Das erste Interview nach dem Putin-Gipfel (2024)”
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Orbán said that immigration to Europe would disintegrate the European Union and called it an "existential issue" for the EU
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2023· 3 entries
During his visit to Kazakhstan, Orbán said that Hungarians come to Kazakhstan "with great pleasure" because the two nations are connected by "millennial common roots"
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Orbán criticized the EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum, saying, "Unity is dead, secure borders are no more
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A decision was made to return 430,000 illegal migrants from EU countries, and just 84,000 have been returned so far
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2022· 6 entries
Awarded Order of St. Sava presented by Porfirije Perić in Budapest (2022).
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Awarded Order of the Republic of Serbia presented by Aleksandar Vučić in Belgrade (2022).
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The European Parliament stated that "Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy" and that the country has become an "electoral autocracy"
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Orbán's opponent was given just five minutes on the national television "to make his case to the voters"
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Was condemned by the International Auschwitz Committee for comments in which he criticised mixing "with non-Europeans"
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026).
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2021· 6 entries
As 96th in its "electoral democracy index" that measures "whether elections were free and fair, as well as the prevalence of a free and independent media", sitting between Benin and Malaysia
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And was, according to governor Ron DeSantis's press secretary, inspired by it
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Orbán's government passed a bill which privatized 11 Hungarian universities and subsequently were endowed billions of euros in assets from the state budget, as well as real estate and shares in large companies
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Orbán mentioned that the Hungarian and Turkic peoples share a historical and cultural heritage "reaching back many long centuries"
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His party proposed new legislation to censor any "LGBT+ positive content" in movies, books or public advertisements and to severely restrict sex education in school forbidding any information thought to "encourage gender
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The parliament transferred control of 11 state universities to foundations led by allies of Orbán
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2020· 2 entries
“State of the Nation speech (2020)”
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Orbán's government ended legal recognition of transgender people, receiving criticism both in Hungary and abroad
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2019· 5 entries
The government passed a law taking control of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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That "For the west, the answer is immigration
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“Intervista di Alberto Simoni, Lastampa.it, 1 maggio 2019”
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“Tusnádfürdő speech (27 July 2019)”
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Freedom House downgraded the country from "free" to "partly free"
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2018· 3 entries
“Tusnádfürdő speech (28 July 2018)”
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022).
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Hungary obtained observer status in the council
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2017· 2 entries
Orbán stated: "In Hungary, there is a consensus that climate change is real, that it is dangerous and since it is a global phenomenon, it requires global action to combat it
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It submitted an application for accession to the International Turkic Academy
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2016· 2 entries
“Budapest speech (15 March 2016)”
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“Tusnádfürdő speech (26 July 2016)”
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2015· 6 entries
While in April 2019, Orbán attended a BRI forum in Beijing, where he met the Chinese leader Xi Jinping
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“Tusnádfürdő speech (25 July 2015)”
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The New York Times acknowledged that Orbán's stance on migration is slowly becoming mainstream in European politics
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Saying: "His plan treats the protection of national borders as the objective and the refugees as an obstacle
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And replaced with a flat rate of 16% on gross income, and income taxes on those aged 25 years or younger was abolished entirely in 2021
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Orbán wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "Europe's response is madness
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2014· 5 entries
His son Gáspár Orbán converted in 2014 to the Faith Church, a Pentecostal denomination, and is currently a minister.
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Their eldest daughter, Ráhel, is married to entrepreneur István Tiborcz, whose company, Elios, was accused of receiving unfair advantages when winning public tenders. (see Elios case) Orbán's son, Gáspár, is a retired footballer, who played for Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in 2014.
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“Tusnádfürdő speech (26 July 2014)”
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018).
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To the Faith Church, a Pentecostal denomination, and is currently a minister
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Order 8-September presented by Gjorge Ivanov (2013).
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Who describe their mission as "preserving national identity, sovereignty and Christian social traditions"
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Funded by the Batthyány Foundation, which in turn is "funded entirely by the Hungarian government"
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With the fund closing its Budapest office later that year
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2012· 1 entry
Orbán's government implemented a flat tax on personal income set at 16%
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2011· 4 entries
Hatvanpuszta, a historic estate once part of Archduke Joseph's Alcsút estate, was purchased in 2011 by a company owned by Viktor Orbán's father, Győző Orbán.
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“Intervista di Affari UE, Europarl.europa.eu, 21 gennaio 2011”
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By a company owned by Viktor Orbán's father, Győző Orbán
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Orbán's government drafted a new constitution behind closed doors, debated it for only nine days in the parliament, and passed it on a party line
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2010· 5 entries
Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014).
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Orbán's government enacted a series of constitutional and institutional changes, including the 2013 amendments to the Constitution of Hungary, reforms to the judiciary affecting the administration of courts, and the crea
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Orbán has led initiatives and laws to limit LGBT+ rights
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Hungary (2010–2026).
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And then in 2014, 2018, and 2022, winning supermajorities in all four elections
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2006· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great presented by Juliusz Janusz in Budapest (2004).
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2003· 24 entries
“Siamo per la formazione di un consenso in Europa circa il fatto che la reintroduzione della pena di morte sia competenza nazionale. [...] Io sono per la vita, ma sono pronto ad accettare la pena di morte, se la maggioranza della gente pensa che questa rappresenti una difesa più efficace contro il dilagare della criminalità.”
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“Our Western European friends, who are tired of enlargement, must frankly admit that there will be no peace in Europe without the full EU integration of the Balkans. We must therefore enlarge the European Union, and must first of all admit the key state, Serbia.”
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“Opis: o przyznaniu przez Węgry azylu Marcinowi Romanowskiemu.”
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“Opis: o przemówieniu Viktora Orbana, w którym skrytykował Polskę.”
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“Opis: o porównaniach Viktora Orbána z Jarosławem Kaczyńskim.”
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“Autorzy: Bálint Magyar, Bálint Madlovics”
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“Just because a state is not liberal, it can still be a democracy. And in fact we also had to and did state that societies that are built on the state organisation principle of liberal democracy will probably be incapable of maintaining their global competitiveness in the upcoming decades and will instead probably be scaled down unless they are capable of changing themselves significantly.”
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“Europa se avergüenza de sus raíces cristianas [...] Una Europa cristiana no habría permitido que países enteros se hundieran en la esclavitud del crédito [...] A los que tienen un sentimiento cristiano les corresponde un papel de vigías. Dios nos ha nombrado vigías, también a los políticos.”
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“Citazioni in ordine temporale.”
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“¡Menos drag queens y más Chuck Norris!”
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“[T]here is a clear correlation between the illegal immigrants who are flooding into Europe and the spread of terrorism.”
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“Dobbiamo abbandonare i metodi e i princìpi liberali nell'organizzazione di una società. [...] Stiamo costruendo uno stato volutamente illiberale, uno stato non liberale [perché] i valori liberali dell'occidente oggi includono la corruzione, il sesso e la violenza.”
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“C'è un chiaro legame fra gli immigrati irregolari che arrivano in Europa e la diffusione del terrorismo. Questo rapporto è riconosciuto come evidente nei paesi anglosassoni: proprio di recente, un alto funzionario della sicurezza statunitense ha detto in Ungheria che il legame è lampante. Non possiamo però discernere e scoprire quali migranti, nella massa, siano dei terroristi.”
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“Penso che sia un nostro diritto decidere di non volere un alto numero di musulmani nel nostro paese.”
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“[I cittadini non] ci hanno dato l'autorizzazione per permettere a milioni di migranti di entrare nel nostro continente.”
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“[I rifugiati] sono vittime, ma considerarli vittime non significa che dobbiamo diventare vittime a nostra volta.”
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“Il dovere primario delle autorità pubbliche è sempre stato di fornire sicurezza alla propria comunità e proteggere le frontiere.”
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“Noi non ci lasceremo sovietizzare da Bruxelles e dalla Ue, noi resteremo nazione sovrana, lo vogliamo oggi come lo volemmo nel ‘56.”
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“Non abbiamo bisogno di una politica comune europea sui migranti, e non abbiamo bisogno di un'agenzia comune europea per i migranti, perché porteranno soltanto caos, difficoltà e sofferenza.”
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“I progressisti moderati non sono altro che comunisti con un diploma.”
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“A liberal is nothing more than a communist with a diploma.”
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“[T]here is no cultural identity in a population without a stable ethnic composition. The alteration of a country's ethnic makeup amounts to an alteration of its cultural identity.”
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“La mescolanza di razze è il vero pericolo della migrazione di massa. ... I popoli dell'Europa occidentale ormai si mescolano con razze extra-europee, mentre gli ungheresi non vogliono mescolarsi. Entro il 2050, in Europa occidentale non esisteranno più nazioni, ma solo una popolazione incrociata. Noi, qui, nel bacino dei Carpazi, lottiamo contro un destino simile”
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“L'Ungheria è l'unico paese che è per la pace, il resto dell'Ue alimenta la guerra. Questa non è la nostra guerra, dobbiamo rimanerne fuori, sollecitiamo un cessate il fuoco immediato, la Russia è un partner importante per l'energia, per cui dobbiamo dialogare, mantenere i rapporti con Mosca”
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded St. Stephen Prize (2002).
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“Le aziende in Ungheria hanno bisogno di manodopera. Orbán l’ha già detto nel 2002… è una tale ipocrisia, continua ad attaccare e odiare i migranti quando è lui che fa arrivare più migranti in tutta Europa!”
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006).
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (2001).
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Awarded Franz Josef Strauss Award presented by Alfred Bayer in Munich (2001).
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And the ratio of the national debt decreased to 54% of GDP
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2000· 1 entry
Opposition parties MSZP and SZDSZ and the left-wing press presented Orbán's comment that "there's life outside the EU" as proof of his anti-Europeanism and sympathies with the radical right
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1999· 1 entry
For passing the "status law", which addressed the situation of approximately three million members of ethnic Hungarian minorities in neighbouring Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, and Ukraine
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1998· 3 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002).
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (1998–2002).
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Orbán formed a coalition with the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) and the Independent Smallholders' Party (FKGP)
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1994· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (1994–1998).
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: party leader (1993–2000).
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1990· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1994).
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Studied at Pembroke College (1989–1990).
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And led Fidesz's parliamentary group until 1993
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1987· 3 entries
Studied at Eötvös Loránd University, Juris Doctor (1981–1987).
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Orbán lived in Szolnok for two years, commuting to his job in Budapest as a sociologist at the Management Training Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
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During the third pastoral visit of John Paul II
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1986· 2 entries
Orbán married jurist Anikó Lévai in 1986; they have five children.
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Orbán submitted his master's thesis on the Polish Solidarity movement, based on interviews with its leaders
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1983· 2 entries
By István Stumpf and modeled on English universities—for law students from outside the capital
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Orbán went to study law at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest
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1981· 2 entries
Orbán completed his military service alongside Lajos Simicska, whom he had befriended in high school
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Studied at Teleki Blanka high school and junior high school (1977–1981).
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1977· 1 entry
The family moved to Székesfehérvár, where Orbán had secured a place at the prestigious Blanka Teleki school
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1973· 1 entry
The family resettled to neighboring Felcsút, where Orbán's father headed the machinery department at the local farm collective
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-05-31.
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1956· 1 entry
Questioning the rationale of blaming Ukraine for the war
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1945· 1 entry
“Alla fine della Prima guerra mondiale e in seguito a Trianon milioni di ungheresi si sono trovati a vivere in territori di altri Paesi e sono stati trattati come cittadini di serie B, nel 1945 siamo stati occupati dall’Urss e nel 1956 ci siamo ribellati. Sono momenti che insieme hanno forgiato la nostra identità.”
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1848· 1 entry
“Ceremonial speech on the 170th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (15 March 2018)”
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