Péter Techet for HVG on Orbán’s “anti-imperial” rhetoric

In an Op-Ed for the Hungarian weekly HVG, Péter Techet analyzes Viktor Orbán’s “anti-imperial” rhetoric. The Hungarian Prime Minister repeatedly compares today’s Brussels to Habsburg Vienna. Techet argues—referring to an article by Hermann Bahr from 1911—that this “Hungarian” rhetoric was already used in the Habsburg Monarchy to maintain the power of an oligarchy. 

You can read the article here.