Hungary’s unfair election: Why Viktor Orbán is so hard to beat

UE, NATO, Politica externa

BUDAPEST — Hungarians will head to the polls on April 12 for what will likely be the country’s most consequential elections since the fall of Communism — but they won’t be voting in a fair contest.  Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has seen to that, having tilted the electoral playing field heavily in his favor amid a creeping state capture, gradually rolled out over his years in power. His tactics aren’t quite as brazen as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s managed elections; Orbán doesn’t ban