The opposition is trailing fetus about 50% to forty four%. The main reason why they are really in trouble is because orbon completely controls the media. Under orban's rule has appealed to people with more conventional means, like handouts and policies. State media channels are complete propaganda machines.
Viktor Orban’s eight-year assault on the country’s institutions will help his bid for re-election. But the poll is far bigger than Hungary: it is a verdict on autocracies everywhere. Britain welcomes the fees from its staggering number of Chinese university students; we examine the risks that dependence poses. And a prescient Ukrainian war film gets a new lease on life.
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