In Hungary, the right-wing is not only in government, but also in power, said Tamás Pindroch in the Hour of Justice, a joint program of the Basic Rights Center and Hír FM. The center’s leading analyst explained: the strong network of right-wing institutions, which is essential for a government, has been built. There is a lot of work involved, he noted. For example, the Center for Fundamental Rights worked very hard to bring CPAC, the world’s largest political event, to Hungary, he emphasized.
“It’s not a shame to learn from the opponent,” Levente Szikra, senior analyst at the Center for Fundamental Rights, said on the show. In Hungary, the right-wing realized this in 2002 at the latest, that the opponents do certain things better. Among other things, campaign organization and networking: how they are present in Hungarian public life, even when they are not in government. These institutions, communities, and organizations were built after 2002, which provided the right-wing with an institutional framework outside of the government, he explained, adding: in the recent period, it has only become even more professional.
It was also said in the program: although Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, now speaks as if the athletics world championship could not have been created without him, the truth is that he constantly campaigned against it. – Using his little political sense, he tried to prevent this event from taking place in the capital – recalled Levente Szikra. “We can thank God that it didn’t work out,” he added.
