
At just 35 Viktor Orban, then a fiery radical, became Europe's youngest prime minister. Since then, his political brand has undergone an astonishing change. So how did the student dissident become a 21st Century demagogue?Guests:Zsuzsanna Szelenyi - Program director at the CEU Democracy Institute, former Hungarian politician and author, Tainted Democracy Viktor Orban and the Subversion of Hungary Nick Thorpe - The BBC's Central Europe correspondent Ben Wellings - Associate Professor of politics and international relations at Monash University Producers: Zoe Ferguson and Linda Lopresti Executive Producer: Amruta Slee Sound Engineer: John Jacobs
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