Orban's Flagging Vision for a New Europe

Orban's Flagging Vision for a New Europe
Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP

In the age of migration the important characteristic of many of Europe's populist parties is not that they are national-conservative but that they are reactionary. Many Europeans are gripped by fears of migration and technology, which pose a threat to their identity and economic future. The response to this has been anything but calm. As the political commentator Mark Lilla notes, for the reactionaries, “the only sane response to apocalypse is to provoke another, in hopes of starting over”.

 

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