What the End of the Orban Era Means for Hungary and Its Constitution | Marton Sulyok

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The episode discusses the implications of the recent election in Hungary and the potential changes to its constitution under new leadership.

Hungary is undergoing a major transformation with the election of a new prime minister. After 16 years in power, Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party was swept from office in a historic landslide election in April and with an equally historic turnout of almost 80 percent. The new Tisza party, led by Peter Magyar, won the largest super-majority in Hungary’s post-communist history with a platform focused on anti-corruption and national renewal. They’ve promised major changes to Hungary’s constitution, known as the Fundamental Law. So what does this election mean for Hungary and how might the new leadership reorient its relationship with America, the European Union, Russia, and China? Orban was known for his pro-family and pro-tradition domestic policies, while at the same time cultivating close ties with Russia and communist China and distancing himself from the EU. Joining us today to break all this down is Hungarian constitutional law scholar Marton Sulyok, a visiting researcher at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. Sulyok is, notably, also the son of Hungary’s current President, Tamas Sulyok. Magyar has demanded the resignation of Sulyok and other Orban allies. It remains to be…

People in this episode

Guest: Marton Sulyok

Topics covered

• Hungary politics
• constitutional law
• Viktor Orban
• Peter Magyar
• EU relations
• anti-corruption
• national renewal

Keywords

• Hungary
• Orban
• Magyar
• constitution
• election
• politics
• anti-corruption
• EU
• Russia
• China

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fidesz, Georgetown Center for the Constitution, European Union, Russia, China

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