Viktor Orban, model of nationalist rights

PSeveral hundred men and women in gala dress stand silently in a redesigned hall on the banks of the Danube. The day has just dawned on Budapest. Outside, the yellow trams loaded with workers go up the river, students in T-shirts crowd in front of the majestic gate of the Corvinus University. In the morning heat, the Danube has lost its blue reflections, it seems oily. Fortunately for the elegant, the hall is air-conditioned. The ladies wear ornaments, earrings and pearl necklaces; the gentlemen are in suits, most with buttonholes. The few beards in the audience are well trimmed. Everyone listens, heads down, to the blessing of three priests and a rabbi, standing on a podium. Ecumenical, Christian prayer…