Europe’s Electorate Is Shifting on the Russia-Ukraine War

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Commentary The press and the political class in the West are near-unanimous in demonizing Russia and embracing Ukraine, but much of Europe’s electorate isn’t falling into lockstep. In Hungary’s national elections earlier this month, Viktor Orbán’s Russia-friendly Fidesz party crushed his opponents, taking two-thirds of the seats to win a fourth consecutive term. The landslide took everyone by surprise, given that six opposition parties had united to make the election largely about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Orbán’s refusal to take a hard-line against Putin. Orbán’s victory speech listed the defeat of the “overwhelming force” arrayed against him, which included “the left wing at home,” “the international left wing,” “Brussels bureaucrats,” “the Soros empire with all its money,” and, not least, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ...

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