Is this the end of Viktor Orban, Hungary’s ‘bane of Brussels’? On April 12, Hungary faces a closely contested election between the ruling Fidesz party, led by Viktor Orbán, and the opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar. Orbán describes his government as an “illiberal democracy” – positioning it against what he portrays as an overreaching, ideologically driven Brussels that promotes policies on Ukraine, immigration, and gender that he argues conflict with Hungarian values and interests. At