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Zsuzsanna Szelényi: How strong is Viktor Orbán's grip on Hungary?

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Do You Think It's Viable for You in the Hungarian Opposition?

Do you think it is viable for you in the Hungarian opposition? And I'm calling you as part of that, even though you're now more of a writer than an activist. Do you think it's viable for you to take the position of telling the EU they should punish Hungary by withholding massive amounts of economic assistance? Is that a message, you know, telling the EU to be tougher with Hungary that would play well with the Hungarian public? So my comment on this first is that 12 years after Orbán got this extraordinary power and started to abuse the Hungarian situation... It took 10 years for the EU to take a serious step. So it's quite late and it's definitely not satisfactory.

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