Hungary Lurches to the Right

In a massive shift to the right, Hungarians have voted the conservative opposition leader Viktor Orbán back into power. But the former prime minister will not be celebrating for long. The country is deeply in debt, society is divided and the far-right Jobbik party will be breathing down his neck.

Hungarian politician Viktor Orbán spent eight long years in opposition. In the end, he didn't want to wait until the polls in Sunday's Hungarian election had closed before declaring victory. By the time he went to cast his own vote, he was already proclaimed himself the new prime minister of Hungary. "Tomorrow we will wake up in a new country," he said.

Truer words were seldom spoken.