On his path to democratic consolidation, Péter Magyar tries to reverse the control that Viktor Orbán's Government exercised over the media and public institutions, including the judiciary. Magyar walks "on a tightrope between dictatorship and democracy," trying to consolidate democracy in Hungary without creating a new Orbán.
The danger pointed out by analysts is that Hungary will simply replace one autocracy with another. The violation of certain rules and practices is almost inevitable when such a radical change occurs, warn the same analysts.
Péter Magyar emerges as a central figure in this democratic transition process, trying to reverse the institutional control mechanisms established during Orbán's government. The challenge that lies ahead is to achieve this reversal without the country falling again into a situation of excessive concentration of power.
