Orbn's Hungary drove a top university campus into exile. JD Vance said it should be a model for the U.S. [View all]

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“The closest conservatives have ever gotten to successfully dealing with the left-wing domination of universities is Viktor Orbán’s approach in Hungary,” Vance said in 2024.

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Central European University in Hungary’s capital still looks the part.

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Founded by George Soros after the fall of communism, the university says the authoritarian government of Viktor Orbán forced 90% of its teaching operations out of the country in 2019, leaving behind a stark symbol of how far the nation has moved during the prime minister’s 16-year regime.

“This should be full of students but as you can see it is almost empty,” Márta Pardavi, one of Hungary’s most prominent human rights advocates, said while showing NBC News around the building this week.


https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/orban-hungary-university-exile-jd-vance-model-us-rcna267253