Not really, there is no oligarch base behind him to speak of, and his party is very heterogenous. Imagine LGBT activists and hardline nationalists together. It would be a miracle - not of the good kind - if he was able to get away with not enacting the anticorruption agenda he got elected on.
That’s my point, the only easy thing to do is the platform they have the mandate for. They have basically unlimited power to do so.
Usually a heterogenous party is achieved by diluting your message and doing “big tent” and making conflicting promises. Tisza did the opposite, they sharpened their message and made barely any promises, taking great care to limit them to what the whole electorate actually 100% agrees on.
Which includes wealth taxes for the richest and anti-corruption.
Possibly. The only major policy differences I can see from my distance here in Australia is a general disgust with the corruption and mismanagement under Orban, and a distinct hostility towards Putin. Pursuing both of those will give Magyar plenty to do even if he remains right-wing and a friend of the wealthy.
Magyar used to be part of Orban’s party. Won’t it just be a new set of oligarks?
Not really, there is no oligarch base behind him to speak of, and his party is very heterogenous. Imagine LGBT activists and hardline nationalists together. It would be a miracle - not of the good kind - if he was able to get away with not enacting the anticorruption agenda he got elected on.
A heterogenous party usually means it’s more difficult to accomplish things.
That’s my point, the only easy thing to do is the platform they have the mandate for. They have basically unlimited power to do so.
Usually a heterogenous party is achieved by diluting your message and doing “big tent” and making conflicting promises. Tisza did the opposite, they sharpened their message and made barely any promises, taking great care to limit them to what the whole electorate actually 100% agrees on.
Which includes wealth taxes for the richest and anti-corruption.
Possibly. The only major policy differences I can see from my distance here in Australia is a general disgust with the corruption and mismanagement under Orban, and a distinct hostility towards Putin. Pursuing both of those will give Magyar plenty to do even if he remains right-wing and a friend of the wealthy.
He was also a long time critic of Orbán, and he was apparently known for it in the party.
Possibly. All you can do is step in the best direction you can see and hope for a better journey.