Catherine Horel, historienne : «Le leader hongrois fait de la révolution de 1956 l’objet d’une commémorite où les adversaires du pays sont les communistes mais pas les Russes»

Ahead of the Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 12th, historian Catherine Horel analyzes Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's manipulation of historical memory. Orbán, in power since 2010, is using the 1956 revolution as a commemorative tool. Horel notes that Orbán frames the revolution's adversaries as communists, but notably excludes the Russians. The article suggests this selective historical narrative serves a political purpose for the nationalist leader in the context of the upcoming elections. The analysis highlights the instrumentalization of history for political gain in Hungary.