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When Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Riga in May 2015, he greeted him by saying “hello dictator”.
Juncker’s words were perhaps an ironic response to Orbán’s earlier statement that he wants to “build an illiberal state based on national foundations”, citing Russia and China as examples. He might also have been referring to the way Orbán has been gradually amending Hungary’s constitution to give his government more power. His efforts to date have left his FIDESZ party with significant control over the judiciary, media
Juncker’s words were perhaps an ironic response to Orbán’s earlier statement that he wants to “build an illiberal state based on national foundations”, citing Russia and China as examples. He might also have been referring to the way Orbán has been gradually amending Hungary’s constitution to give his government more power. His efforts to date have left his FIDESZ party with significant control over the judiciary, media
