NATO member state Hungary is a democracy. Though the heavily state-controlled or influenced media largely supports Prime Minister Viktor Orban‘s government, independent media outlets do exist. And although he is controversial in the West, Orban’s policies on immigration and LGBT issues find significant support from Hungarians. Orban won another supermajority in parliamentary elections last April, even though the opposition unified against him.

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