Visegrad Insight Podcast

Can Elections Break Orbán’s State-Made Oligarchy?


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In April 2026, Hungarians go to the polls again. The choice is framed as ‘war and peace’ by Viktor Orbán, and ‘corruption and oligarchy’ by Péter Magyar. But is Hungary’s real problem that its oligarchs are not independent tycoons at all, but extensions of the state itself?

In this Visegrad Insight videocast, Wojciech Przybylski speaks with two insiders of Hungary’s economic and political transformation: former central banker and regional investment banker András Simor and former economy minister and governor of the National Bank of Hungary Péter Ákos Bod.

This podcast joins the series of conversations within the pilot Polish-Hungarian bilateral framework at the Europe Future Format by the Res Publica Foundation.

Learn more about this format: https://europefuture.forum/europe-future-forum-polish-hungarian-perspectives/.

Explore Europe Future Forum: https://europefuture.forum


Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r-l242SBIbM


Listen on Apple Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/pl/podcast/visegrad-insight-podcast/id1515725435

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