Europe’s ‘Good’ Orban Plots Risky Course to Undo Populist Damage
- Romania PM Orban to reverse predecessor’s controversial agenda
- Fast-track legislative push endangers his minority government
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Romania’s new prime minister might share a surname with anti-immigrant Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, but the similarities end there.
Ludovic Orban wants to return his country to the European Union mainstream by snuffing out the kind of populism his namesake has championed. He’s even referred to himself as the “good” Orban because of their contrasting ideologies, though wants to maintain cordial ties with his neighbor.