It seems the long-term impact of economic malfunction can efface the centrality of ethno-cultural cleavages in societies marred by inter-ethnic conflict
For a decade, Viktor Orbán has shifted the lens of the Hungarian government’s grievances from the neighbouring states and minority issues towards Brussels.
The rapid
emergence of KPV hints at the growing relevance of economic Euroscepticism for
a new generation of ambitious, anti-establishment, parties in the crisis-ridden
parts of the ‘new’ Europe.
Many political observers have noticed how the most
recent anti-immigration protests relating to the debate on the UN compact have
displayed comparatively higher levels of violent rhetoric and political heat.
