Analysis - Orban turns foreign catcalls into Hungarian applause


  • World
  • Tuesday, 30 Jul 2013

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has converted criticism heaped on him from abroad into a reputation at home as a plucky defender of national sovereignty that should help him to win re-election next year.

At the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and multi-national firms, Orban is often viewed as an unpredictable populist whose policies run counter to the behaviour expected of a European leader.

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