EP53: Viktor Orban

Viktor Orban has been prime minister of Hungary since 2010, and previously served in that role from 1998 until 2002. In that first stint as Hungarian leader, Orban passed without comment in European Union circles, but his second premiership has seen him come up against the EU on issues related to the rule of law, LGBT rights, and the 2015 migrant crisis. Orban is now fully fledged right-wing populist, but unlike other people who fit that description, sees himself as the international pos...