Voters Hungary for change: It’s the economy, stupid

Dr Oliver Hartwich
Newsroom
10 February, 2026

Hungary is a landlocked nation of 10 million people with an economy smaller than New Zealand’s. It has no significant military, no permanent seat on the Security Council and no history of shaping international affairs.

Yet this modest Central European country has somehow become the American right’s template for reshaping the United States.

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