Tainted Democracy – Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary

Author’s reading and book launch.

Zsuzsanna Szelényi is a Hungarian foreign policy specialist and former politician, director at the Democracy Institute Leadership Academy of the Central European University. In the 1990s, she was an activist and member of parliament for Fidesz, then a liberal anti-Communist party. After working at the Council of Europe for fifteen years, she returned to politics representing the liberal opposition 'Together party' until 2018. Zsuzsannawas a recipient of a Europe’s Future fellowship from the IWM and Richard von Weizsäcker fellowship from the Robert Bosch Academy.

The discussion around her recently published book 'Tainted Democracy, Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary' will reflect on how Orbán consolidated his grip on power, what is the impact on its neighbours and Europe and the lessons to be drawn from the Hungarian experience.

Introduced by Jáchym Topol. The discussion will be held in English.

DATUM: 27. února 2023, 19:00
MÍSTO KONÁNÍ: Knihovna Václava Havla