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Hungary's democratic collapse is happening here, warns former U.S. Ambassador

Hungary's democratic collapse is happening here, warns former U.S. Ambassador

Jul 23, 2025
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Viktor Orban ( Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com)

If you think authoritarianism can't happen here, David Pressman's essay in the New York Times is a chilling wake-up call. As the former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, Pressman watched democracy erode and corruption skyrocket under Viktor Orbán — not through dramatic coups, but through the quiet compl…

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