"In 2018, Nigel Farage, an Orbán-backer, posted, “Viktor Orbán is the strongest leader in Europe and the EU’s biggest nightmare.” The #ReformUK leader may now feel the effects of any decline in support for hard-right politics."

#UKPol #EUPol #Hungary #Populism #Authoritarianism

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/14/viktor-orban-europe-britain-hard-right-populism

Viktor Orbán inspired rightwingers across the EU and in Britain. His defeat could represent a turning of the tide

We must hope this vote will be the start of a wider backlash – and send hard-right populism back to the fringes where it belongs, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian