The writer is a columnist at Le Monde
In her memoir Freedom, Germany’s former chancellor Angela Merkel recalls her excitement as she took her seat in Rio de Janeiro in 2014 to watch the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary, happened to be sitting in front of her. A huge football fan, he taunted her: “One thing is clear. Here, you cannot be sure that you will win.”
Germany won 1-0. But for Merkel, beating Orbán at his own game back in Europe would prove more challenging. That same year, Orbán coined the expression “illiberal democracy”, which would define his fight against the EU’s established political order.
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