Hungary

European parties were supposed to create a European democracy. Instead, they’ve given cover to bad actors.

Citizens hungry for information turned to the media during the pandemic, but governments around the world used the crisis to restrict journalists.

Eastern Europeans are returning home in droves. Here’s what that means for Eastern Europe’s economies—and the European Union.

Trump was a much weaker potential autocrat than others have faced.

Central Europe’s battles over rights are dangerous, and Europe can’t risk handing Russia a victory.

The tragic figure behind the Hungarian populist leader’s efforts to remake his country’s theater.

The EU’s budget deal shows that the club has long given up on rule of law in its member states.

Hungary’s prime minister has used the pandemic to drain power from one of the last sources of opposition to his rule.

A look at how protests, political violence, and conflict have played out during the pandemic.

Viktor Orban’s emergency rule by decree has ended for now, but the return to illiberal politics as usual incites fear and stifles dissent.

The United States can learn from the graveyards of fallen regimes worldwide.

Liberals have changed the region for the better—but don’t perceive its sense of loss.

Hungary’s authoritarian leader has granted himself dictatorial powers, but his neglect of the country’s health system and his powerlessness in the face of a depreciating currency will come back to haunt him.

A February gathering in Rome outlined a muddled vision for the future, claiming the mantle of Ronald Reagan and St. John Paul II while indulging the far-right.

Market response to the coronavirus, China deflecting blame, and the dawn of post-democratic Europe.

Governments around the world are banning fake news about the crisis—and cracking down on their critics while they’re at it.

While the world is shut down, history hasn’t stopped. Authoritarians are seizing the opportunity.

Hungary has used the pandemic to abandon its last vestiges of democracy—and to dare the EU to do anything about it.