There is a coordinated effort on the internet to portray the Fidesz government as an economic disaster for Hungary. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The right-wing populist Progress Party has doubled its voter support since the last election and put the social and economic cost of immigration front and center.
The PM’s own nervous MPs preparing to reject a flagship policy signals their own estrangement from the wider electorate—growing larger since the 2024 victory at the polls.
The EU Commission has decided to terminate its deficit procedures against Budapest. If there is one economy in Europe that does not need EU oversight, it is Hungary.
