Orbán’s defeat will saddle EU taxpayers with over €100bn in short order – yet this is but the tip of the iceberg. The speechwriter of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen must have fancied himself (genderspeak: themselves) deserving of a handsome bonus when he placed the following words into his principal’s mouth: “Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight.” Yet his euphoria – and the delirious jubilation of the liberal European elite at the defeat of Hungarian prime