BUDAPEST — Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin are an eye-catching couple on the international stage. Coming from starkly different political backgrounds, the men — about a decade apart in age — have built perhaps the best relationship that exists between a leader of a NATO and EU country and the Russian president.
The Hungarian prime minister, an anti-Soviet anti-Soviet “freedom fighter” (his words), unapologetically defends his vision of “illiberal” politics that puts national interest above EU “solidarity” and strong leadership above the niceties of checks and balances. With a harder repressive edge at home than the younger Hungarian, the former KGB …read more
Source: European Voice
