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While all opposition parties agree that it takes a coalition of parties to unseat the Orbán government in the next parliamentary elections, they are much too divided to cooperate. Torn by internal conflicts, the opposition parties have not been able to present credible leaders and alternatives to the government’s policy.
“They were just conservative enough to hate liberals but not enough to love liberty.” (John Lukacs) The ongoing disputes surrounding the Fidesz-KDNP government’s policies unfortunately mask deep problems within the Hungarian political scene.
