How Does Rule of Law Crumble? | András Kádár
Hungary has become an illiberal laboratory within the EU, where corruption is not a bug in the system, but its primary feature. How did Viktor Orbán dismantle the rule of law while the world watched? In this episode, recorded before the Hungarian parliamentary elections of 2026, we sit down with Dr. Andras Kadar, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, to discuss the systematic erosion of democratic checks and balances. We explore how the Orbán regime uses „hate and fear propaganda” to create external enemies—ranging from the IMF and George Soros to President Zelenskyy—and why the rule of law is like oxygen: you only notice its importance when you are starting to suffocate. This is a crucial conversation for any society seeing early warning signs of political polarization and institutional capture.
