But critics contend that he is using groundless fear to bolster his position at home and shore up a challenge to Europe. Even stalwart supporters of Orbán’s initiative often admit they have had no interaction, much less trouble, with outsiders. “They have brought evil out and that’s why we felt we should do something.”A crowdfunded advertising campaign uses ridicule and well-chosen statistics to show up government fear-mongering. But it will have come at the price of Hungary’s social fabric, and may prove dangerous for Hungary as well as Europe. “Someone who is building on these evil feelings is unleashing things which he or she will not be able to manage.”

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2016 20:15 UTC