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To Viktor, the spoils
Following his re-election as Prime Minister in April, Viktor Orbán’s right-wing government has continued to pursue anti-migrant politics in Hungary. Now it has also turned its attention to the arts, and a full-blown culture war is in effect. Anita Komuves of atlatszo.hu asks…
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