Why The European Union Cannot Fight Orban (The Failure Of Liberal Globalism)

An 8/2/2021 article by Katja Hoyer published in Spector documents the recent fight between Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the European Union. Specifically, the article points out how it’s Orban who caught the European Union in a trap regarding its principals:

It is quite something when the self-proclaimed “illiberal” prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, reminds Brussels of its liberal principles. As part of the ongoing row over a Hungarian law which bans the “depiction or promotion” of homosexuality and gender reassignment, Orbán has argued that: “If we want to keep the European Union together, liberals must respect the rights of non-liberals. Unity in diversity.”

Of course, this is an argument the right has made before — especially in the United States. During the gay marriage debate, one common argument made by Republicans is that tolerance of homosexuality was actually intolerance of them. The argument didn’t make any sense, but it wasn’t supposed to, it was just supposed to catch liberals in some form of imaginary hypocrisy.

The only difference is, now, liberals are actually going along with this line of thinking.

Going back to Hoyer, the article is much more on the side of Orban and his government than I am, but I find…