The book “We Will Conquer Europe: Hungary, Viktor Orbán, and Hacked Democracy” is a very important political and analytical investigative study published in mid-March of the year 2025 by Anteh Kunstmann Publishing House, and written by the prominent German journalist and researcher Petra Thorbritz. The book provides an accurate and in-depth analysis of the political transformations taking place in Hungary, explaining how this country transformed from a role model for democratic reform after the fall of the Berlin Wall to a basic base for undermining...The state of law and democratic order from within.
The report follows the main axes of the thesis, as the author shows how the ruling party and Prime Minister Viktor Orban were able, over the course of fifteen years, to dismantle the pillars of democracy and control the country’s capabilities by exploiting the funds and aid of the European Union itself to enhance their influence and power. The book explains the systematic methods used to restrict media and cultural freedoms, the rights of the opposition, and civil society, in addition to expelling foreign companies from the country.Local markets. The researcher also highlights the international dimensions of this phenomenon through the Hungarian government’s growing alliances with global authoritarian regimes and transnational far-right networks, positioning Hungary as a practical guide explaining how democracy can be disrupted using its legitimate constitutional tools. The author criticizes, based on statistics and personal experiences from her time living there, the European Union’s slowdown and the failure of international policies to contain this expansion, which threatens to spread throughout the entire continent.European.
