Right-wing leader Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary has come to an end after his rival Péter Magyar won a two-thirds majority in the country’s general election.
Centre-right politician Magyar has promised to rebuild relations with Europe, tackle corruption and cronyism and restore academic freedom.
On this episode of News Talks, Campus editor Miranda Prynne talks to THE Europe reporter Seher Asaf about why the ousting of Orbán may provoke mixed feelings among Hungary’s academics, how the populist prime minister reshaped the country’s universities and why reversing the Fidesz-era policies may not be a simple matter.
The conversation also turns to what lessons the experience of Hungary’s universities might offer to other higher education systems around the world threatened with government hostility and interference.
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