This sunday's election pits mister rbon's populous autocracy against a coalition representing liberal democracy. Liberalisalum nem to gool he promised to turn the country into an illiberal state. It's really a verdict on how the nationalist populist right is faring around the world. The war in the crane has given it a whole new focus, because that war has become a global struggle between the fortunes of autocracy and democracy.
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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