László Győri

Journalist, Budapest.

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Ubu Roi in Hungary

Viktor Orbán’s ‘total offensive’ on culture

In the pursuit of cultural hegemony, Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz government has carried out a full-scale assault on the Hungarian cultural establishment, taking over funding bodies, defaming critics and putting loyalists in positions of influence. The result today is almost total conformity to the Hungarian nationalism of Fidesz and the sidelining of independent culture.

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