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Viktor Mihály Orbán [1] (Hungarian: [ˈviktor ˈorbaːn] ⓘ; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002.
Since Viktor Orbán's government under the Fidesz party was formed in 2010, it has been accused of religious discrimination and preferential treatment of certain religious groups. [8] [9] [10] Fidesz has been accused of using state media to spread xenophobic messaging, including messaging that targets Jewish and Muslim populations.
Hungarian-born American billionaire George Soros, who is Jewish, has been repeatedly targeted by Fidesz in its campaigns and national surveys. These attacks, which among other things accuse him of masterminding a Europe-wide conspiracy to open Hungary's borders and flood the country with refugees, [ 95 ] frequently reproduce antisemitic tropes.
Hungary has historically been a country of religious pluralism, and the first law guaranteeing the right to freedom of religion was passed in 1895, though state atheism was enforced under the Hungarian People's Republic. [23] [24] Hungarian religious law has been accused of discriminating against minority religious groups.
The government of Viktor Orbán has frequently given voice to anti-semitic conspiracy theories regarding the Hungarian-born Jewish financier George Soros. [ 20 ] Anti-Soros conspiracy theories in Hungary originated in 1993, with the work of István Csurka , a far-right intellectual who depicted Soros as an anti-patriotic globalist Jewish ...
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Orban is known for his controversial rhetoric such as his criticism of the mixing of European and non-European races. [9] The reference to history in Orbanism can be demonstrated in the way it upholds certain events in Hungarian society such as the Holy Crown or Horthy’s regime and also in the approach of the idea of nation as exclusive.
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