“What is considered extreme now will be part of the government narrative within a decade” – these are the words of one of the interviewees of Political Capital, who held discussions with the leaders of Hungarian far-right organizations. Hungary belongs to the group of countries where the self-proclaimed nationalist governing parties try to get the most possible votes from the far right by recycling more and more topics and messages from the radical movements. In addition to the terms considered previously extremist infiltrating mainstream politics gradually, far-right movements have not only thematized the government’s narratives successfully, but also set the scene for the cabinet’s actions as well.

Three years after a previous major investigation, Political Capital decided to re-assess the situation of the radical and far right in Hungary. They wanted to see what can be expected in terms of the spread of divisive, discriminative and hate-inciting narratives. The focus in this research was on three aspects: I) the current state of the radical and the far-right scene; II) the narratives around Trianon; III) the capacity of the education system to halt the radicalisation tendencies and strengthen the democratic commitment of future generations.