by Paul Lendvai
Fidesz, relations with, 27–9, 38, 40
foundation (1989), 22
Gyurcsány administration (2004–9), 57–63, 65–72, 73–4, 75–9
lie speech’ (2006), 65–72, 229
Medgyessy administration (2002–4), 49, 54–7, 59–60
100-day programme (2002), 55
privatisation, 40–42, 76
social background of members, 27–9
Socialists, relations with, 40, 54, 57
Tocsik scandal (1996), 41
Vatican agreement (1997), 42, 234–5
Szabolcs county, 185
Szakonyi, Péter, 242
Szájer, József, 23–4, 104–5
Szalai, Erzsébet, 92
Szálasi, Ferenc, 102
Szapáry, György, 105, 238
Századvég, 18, 141
Századvég Foundation, 151, 154–5, 242–3
Szekeres, Imre, 67
Székesfehérvár, 14, 171
Széky, János, 77, 88, 236
Szemerey, Tamás, 153
Szigetvári, Viktor, 166, 243
Szijjártó, Péter, 225, 226
Szili, Katalin, 67
Tapolca, 137
Tarr, Béla, 122
Tarr, Péter, 245
Tavares, Rui, 117, 124
taxation
advertising, 139, 146
Bokros package (1995), 41
on foreign companies, 109, 120, 121, 140, 182
Gyurcsány government (2004–9), 62
income tax, 180, 234
on Internet, 135–6, 139, 186
and Jobbik, 166
on minimum wage, 55
and Puch, 175
on severance pay, 105
and sports, 170
VAT (value-added tax), 79, 135
Tellér, Gyula, 187
Tiborcz, István, 168
Timmermans, Franz, 213
Tisza, Kálmán, 180, 245
Tito, Josip Broz, 3
tobacconists, 109, 138
Tocsik scandal (1996), 41
Together Party, 240
Tölgyessy, Péter, 194
Total Recall, 157
Tóth, Krisztina, 185
Transparency International, 173, 222
Transylvania, 88
Treaty of Trianon (1920), 37, 77, 88–9, 112, 194
Trump, Donald, 205, 219
tuition fees, 76
Turin Horse, The, 123
Turkey, 112, 114, 141, 168, 173, 199, 213, 220–21, 247
TV2, 119, 158–60
Twitter, 137, 218
two-thirds majority, 9, 11, 84–5, 87–8, 114, 236
and chief justice, 104
and constitution, 93, 97, 98, 99, 107, 110
in elections, 9, 11, 84–5, 88, 127, 128, 137, 140
and Manifesto of National Cooperation (2010), 87
and media law, 115
and president, 94
Ukraine, 88, 185, 224
unemployment, 25
Ungváry, Rudolf, 92, 138
United Kingdom, 23, 61, 108, 149, 155, 156, 158, 173
Brexit, 199, 216
Hungary, migration from, 125, 130, 180
United Russia, 223
United States, 48, 115, 122, 201
Obama administration (2009–17), 223
travel ban, 136, 141, 224
Trump administration (2017–), 205, 219
University of Frankfurt, 92
‘unreal sphere’, 172
Upper Hungary, 88
Vajna, Andrew, 119, 157–9, 163, 165, 175
Varga, Mihály, 150, 178
Vásárhelyi, Mária, 118, 160
Vásárhelyi, Miklós, 8
VAT (value-added tax), 79, 135
Vatican, 42, 51
Venice Commission, 105, 116
Veres, János, 60
Verhofstadt, Guy, 117, 197, 221
Veszprém, 137
vezérdemokrácia (Führer democracy), 186
Vida, Ildikó, 136, 241
Videoton, 171
Vienna Awards (1938–40), 37
Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, 245
Visegrád Group, 200
Vojvodina, 88
Vona, Gábor, 165–6, 228–9
Vörös, Imre, 110
VS.hu, 158
Wall Street Journal Europe, 144
Warsaw Pact, 4
Washington Post, 240
Weber, Mandref, 216
Weber, Max, 10
welfare system, 55, 79, 136
Welt, Die, 60
Weltwoche, 201
West Germany (1949–90), 3
Wirtschaftswoche, 230
women, 143
workers’ militias, 4
World Bank, 41, 78
World Cup, 16, 62
World Economic Forum, 182
World Union of Hungarians, 89
xenophobia, 121, 124, 195, 204, 220
Yandex, 226
Young Communist League, 14, 16, 22, 58
Yugoslavia, 3, 37