Viktor Orban aims for third term as Hungarian PM



BUDAPEST: -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban views a third term after declaring he’s ready to lead his Fidesz party in 2018 elections.

His approval ratings have recently been boosted by his hardline anti-immigration policies including the construction of a steel fence along the country’s southern border.

Orban, who swept to power in 2010 and was reelected in 2014, has also put Hungary’s economy back on a solid financial footing but his government has been criticised by the European Union and the United States for curbing media freedoms, its reforms of the court system, a centralisation of power and a crackdown on civil society groups.

On Sunday the 52-year-old was re-elected party chairman and pledged to create new jobs, increase support for families and to boost construction by cutting VAT from 27 percent to 5 percent on home building.


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I actually think that Mr. Orban reminds me of a certain Junta Leader.

He enjoys being called a Dictator (strong man), he is also being called a neo-fascist Dictator, and he was actually trying to get some new laws in Hungary. Here are a few examples.:

- He wanted to reinstate the Death Penalty.

- He tried to tax the internet $0.62 per gigabyte used.

- He changed the electoral system to favor his political party!

Who does he remind you of?

Personally, I am thinking that Mrs. Merkel wishes she had quietly followed his lead, or at least remained quiet instead of shooting off her mouth.