All is forgiven?

Besides Vladimir Putin, who has benefitted the most from the terrorist attacks in Paris and from the wave of fear that has gripped Europe? Prime Minister Viktor OrbA n of Hungary, as well as several other populist leaders from Central Europe, are doing their best not to let this crisis go to waste, using it to boost their approval ratings at home and gain-and in some cases regain-friends abroad. In past few months, the refugee crisis has enabled OrbA n to lure back voters who had previously deserted Fidesz in favor of the neo-Nazi Jobbik Movement for a Better Hungary, a group that has been reinventing itself, much like Front National in France, as a mainstream, respectable group.

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Friday, December 11, 2015