Hungary goes to the polls on Sunday and for the first time in sixteen years, Donald Trump’s right-wing ally Viktor Orbán might lose his iron grip on power. But who is this man who’s ruled the country for so long? What do we know about the man who could unseat him? And what would a loss for Orbán mean for the populist right and for Europe as a whole?

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• Peter Conradi, Europe editor, The Sunday Times
• Victor Sebestyen, journalist and author covering Eastern Europe & Russia

Host: Luke Jones

Producer: Sophie McNulty, Olivia Case

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