Orban's fidese party got forty eight % of the vote in the last elections. That was enough to give them a two thirds majority in parliament. They changed the way the elections work at hungary, increasing the proportion of parliament that's elected in single district. And it also jerry mandered all those districts, cramming all the opposition voters into a few large districts and spreading out their own majorities over lots of smaller districts. It has made it very, very difficult for other parties.
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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