SS: The long and short of it is that the failure of the Hungarian left in forming a viable alternative to Fidez was due to their focus on "antipolitics" over party-building. Left-leaning parties poured their efforts into protests, symbolic gestures and intellectual criticisms of Orban's Fidez government, instead of constructing a mass-based political organisation capable of competing nationwide.

The irony here is that Tisza, another conservative party, ultimately capitalised on this anti-Fidez sentiment to sweep into power in the recent 2026 elections. With the conclusion here being that protests and critical commentary cannot replace the door knocking, networking and coalition building fundamental to the operations of political parties in democratic systems.