{"id":366405,"date":"2026-08-01T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/peter-magyar-hungarys-democratic-hope-or-orban-2-0-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T04:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:00:31","slug":"peter-magyar-hungarys-democratic-hope-or-orban-2-0-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/peter-magyar-hungarys-democratic-hope-or-orban-2-0-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Magyar: Hungary&#8217;s Democratic Hope or Orban 2.0? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/dGQw0VCAMGM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Magyar: Hungary's Democratic Hope or Orban 2.0? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dGQw0VCAMGM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Peter Magyar came to power promising to dismantle Viktor Orban&#8217;s authoritarian system and restore Hungary&#8217;s democratic institutions. But just months into office, he&#8217;s using sweeping constitutional powers, removing Orb\u00e1n-era officials, and pushing through rapid reforms that some critics say look uncomfortably familiar. So is Magyar doing what it takes to undo 15 years of democratic backsliding, or is Hungary witnessing the rise of a new strongman? DW Correspondent Teri Schultz and Princeton professor Kim Lane Scheppele assess whether Brussels is starting to worry, why the EU is largely backing Magyar for now, and whether democracy can be rebuilt using the very powers that helped erode it.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Hungary&#8217;s new leader takes power<br \/>\n02:24 How Magyar is undoing Orban&#8217;s legacy<br \/>\n04:09 Is the EU worried?<br \/>\n05:06 Why Magyar says speed matters<br \/>\n06:33 Democratising Hungary or repeating old mistakes?<\/p>\n<p>#magyar #hungary #dwcurrentaffairs <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Magyar came to power promising to dismantle Viktor Orban&#8217;s authoritarian system and restore Hungary&#8217;s democratic institutions. But just months into office, he&#8217;s using sweeping constitutional powers, removing Orb\u00e1n-era officials, and pushing through rapid reforms that some critics say look uncomfortably familiar. So is Magyar doing what it takes to undo 15 years of democratic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":366406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-366405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peter Magyar: Hungary&#039;s Democratic Hope or Orban 2.0? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Peter Magyar: Hungary&#039;s Democratic Hope or Orban 2.0? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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