Anne Applebaum: Outcome of Hungary's election shows there’s nothing inevitable about illiberalism
MSNBC·2026-04-14 11:13
WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND IN HUNGARY, AUGE STORY. AUTHORITIARIAN LEADER VICTOR ORBAN HAS BEEN OUSTED FROM POWER AFTER 16 YEARS AS PRIME MINISTER. RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN BUT IF PUTIN WERE DECLARED, HIS LIKELY SUCCESSOR, PETER MEYER, HELD TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, FOLLOWING HIS PARTY'S WIN, MEIER SAID HE WON'T BE CALLING RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN, BUT IF PUTIN WERE TO CALL HIM, HE'D ASK THE RUSSIAN LEADER TO END THE KILLING AND STOP THAT WAR, REGARDING THE E .U.A ...