How the European Union Facilitates Democratic Erosion At Home

Protecting and fostering democracy has been a cornerstone of the European Union project since its founding. Yet the recent rise of antidemocratic regimes in countries like Poland and Hungary has invited many questions about the EU’s effectiveness in preventing...

Democratic Erosion is Exactly What Hungarians Wanted

Since 2010, Hungary has had the same leader – far-right populist Viktor Orban. He rose in popularity in the late 1980s after he called on the Soviet Red Army to “go home.” He empowered Hungarians to topple the communist dictatorship, and said that he had...