"Orban's political battles, especially successive standoffs with [Gábor] Demszky, the former dissident mayor over infrastructure projects in the capital, seem most revealing of the prime minister's ideological DNA: his abiding distrust of the left; his suspicion of the Budapest elite; his desire to cleave the country's politics into clear-cut left and right parties; and his willingness to get in anyone's face to achieve his goals."
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Peter Finn, "Hungary's Young 'Tiger' Strong Ally For West: Orban Plays Hard And Makes Enemies", Washington Post, 30 January 2000, p. A18
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