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Book Presentation “The Fall of Orbán”

How Can Populism Be Defeated in the Age of Disinformation?

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Wahrheitsperlen Verlag

Date

Fri, Sep 11, 2026

Admission

9:30 AM

Start

10:00 AM

End

12:00 PM

Promoter

Wahrheitsperlen Verlag

Speakers

Gergö Papp, Daniel Drepper (Moderation)

How can a populist system be democratically challenged after more than 15 years in power? In “The Fall of Orbán”, Hungarian political strategist Gergő Papp traces the remarkable rise of Péter Magyar and the political transformation of Hungary. 

How did Magyar manage to challenge Orbán’s illiberal system despite a media landscape dominated by government propaganda and Russian disinformation? What role did authenticity, direct communication and social media play? As the AfD continues to gain ground in Germany, with Orbán’s Hungary explicitly regarded as a political model, the book raises an urgent question: What can Germany’s and Europe’s democratic parties learn from Hungary?

Registration via: presse@wahrheitsperlenverlag.de

Speakers

Gergö Papp

Political analyst and campaign strategist

Daniel Drepper (Moderation)

Investigative journalist and chair of Netzwerk Recherche

Photo: Gergö Papp
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