http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/3eeef46c339e98c5 https://verfassungsblog.de/after-collapse/ After Collapse - Rebuilding Higher Education After Illiberal Transformation Pető, Andrea eng 2026-04-10 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Illiberal Democracy Ungarn Wahlen Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Ten years after the Hungarian government began its campaign against Central European University, Hungary now stands on the brink of a political turning point: elections that could finally shake the system built by Fidesz. With opposition leader Péter Magyar leading in the polls, an old prediction is suddenly coming true. Yet it raises a more unsettling question: even if the system collapses, can Hungary simply rebuild what once proved so vulnerable to illiberal capture?