Ursula von der Leyen has become the personal target of a new campaign launched by Viktor Orbán as part of a national consultation that levels serious accusations against the European Union's political agenda.
Conservative is not the same as pro-free-market. Most fascists are outright reactionaries and a key feature of fascism is being against free market capitalism - historically fascism has presented itself as opposed both to capitalism and socialism.
And she belongs to European conservatives. Imagine what Orbán’s campaign would look like if she were, say, socialist…
The same. Orbán is not actually a conservative in the global sense, he’s fully supporting price caps and redistribution policies.
It’s just that every policy of theirs has an angle for stealing.
So your typical conservative then?
Conservative is not the same as pro-free-market. Most fascists are outright reactionaries and a key feature of fascism is being against free market capitalism - historically fascism has presented itself as opposed both to capitalism and socialism.