Hungary's Election: A Lesson in Opposing Authoritarian Rule As Hungary gears up for a pivotal election, a group of international observers, including Yonatan Levi, a scholar from the Israeli think tank Molad, traveled to the country to study the tactics of opposition leader Péter Márki-Zay. Márki-Zay, who is running against Hungary's authoritarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, has been gaining momentum with his unorthodox campaign approach. Levi and his team were part of a delegation that aimed to learn from Márki-Zay's strategy, which has been credited with energizing the opposition and attracting a new wave of supporters. With Orbán's grip on power showing signs of weakening, the outcome of this election could have significant implications for Hungary's democratic future.
Earlier this year, Yonatan Levi left his home country of Israel to observe the Hungarian election. Levi, a scholar at the center-left think tank Molad, had traveled with a group of parliamentarians and activists to study how opposition leader Péter Magyar was running a winning campaign against an authoritarian prime minister. This was, in their […]
