{"id":4388,"date":"2026-03-17T09:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europe-calling.de\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=4388"},"modified":"2026-03-25T07:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:34:46","slug":"europe-calling-hungary-votes-orban-or-the-rule-of-law","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/europe-calling.de\/en\/webinar\/europe-calling-hungary-votes-orban-or-the-rule-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Calling \u201cHungary votes: Orb\u00e1n or the rule of law?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eu01web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/8617736793627\/WN_zqMZgKEYTj6NKEhUxU3rpg\">Register here now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recording:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3EDvVm3YSlw?si=cc2OpifAEOR1JFUt\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dear friends,<\/p>\n<p>On 12th of April, Hungary will elect a new parliament. This will decide whether, after a total of 20 years, Viktor Orb\u00e1n will become Prime Minister once again or whether opposition leader Peter Magyar will prevail.<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n continues to trail Magyar in the polls, but the gap is narrowing. This is partly because Orb\u00e1n is now, as in the last elections, handing out massive sums of money to pensioners, soldiers and teachers, amounting to several billion euros.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Orb\u00e1n has deployed the military across the country, claiming that Ukrainian sabotage attacks are imminent. Civil society fears that these soldiers could also be on standby to suppress demonstrations should Orb\u00e1n attempt to rig the election.<\/p>\n<p>This election also casts a shadow over European politics: Orb\u00e1n\u2019s veto against loans for Ukraine, despite having previously agreed to them at the EU summit \u2013 allegedly to force Ukraine to repair the oil pipeline from Russia more quickly, which had been damaged by Russian attacks \u2013 is widely seen as an election campaign manoeuvre.<\/p>\n<p>In our webinar, in collaboration with MEP Daniel Freund and Anton Hofreiter, Chair of the European Affairs Committee, we will examine the election campaign in Hungary with high-profile guests and gain a deeper understanding of the parties, their manifestos and the key figures.<\/p>\n<p>Our guests include:<br \/>\n&#8211; Daniel Heged\u00fcs, Deputy Director at the Institute for European Politics (IEP)<br \/>\n&#8211; M\u00e1rta Pardavi, Co-Chair of the human rights and rule of law NGO Hungarian Helsinki Committee<br \/>\n&#8211; Judit Zeisler, Head of Public Policy at Transparency International Hungary<br \/>\n&#8211; Anton Hofreiter MP, Chair of the European Affairs Committee<br \/>\n&#8211; Daniel Freund MEP, Member of the European Parliament and anti-corruption expert<br \/>\n&#8211; Moderator: Maximilian Fries, Executive Director of Europe Calling e.V.<\/p>\n<p>Date: Monday, 23 March 2026, 7.00\u20138.30 pm<\/p>\n<p>Register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t1p.de\/gbhan\">https:\/\/t1p.de\/gbhan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With simultaneous interpretation in German and English.<\/p>\n<p>Join us and invite others!<\/p>\n<p>With European regards,<br \/>\nMaximilian Fries and everyone at Europe Calling e.V.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Register here now! 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