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Gábor Török has been an unavoidable figure in Hungarian political analysis for more than two decades. The analyst who worked for SZDSZ at the beginning of his career, then appeared as a regular guest on TV channels in the 2000s, eventually ended up as a political consultant with Sándor Csányi and the big dogs of Hungarian economic life. In our life interview, he told us about his step back from the public eye, the behind-the-scenes secrets of political analysis, his escape from the besieged TV headquarters in 2006, the internal affairs of NER, Orbán, Csányi and Lőrinc Mészáros, and why he still considers Hungary a democracy. Content: 0:00-4:01 Childhood, family 4:02-7:13 Experience of regime change 7:14-12:02 University years and meeting Orbán 12:03-18:09 Role of power in politics, ideology 18:10- 21:45 SZDSZ years, the essence of politics 21:46-26:16 the secret of Fidesz's discipline 26:17-30:12 HírTV period and his departure 30:13-38:08 Escape from the burning TV headquarters 38: 09-43:29 What drives politics from the background 43:30-46:19 Getting to know and working together with Csányi 46:20-55:31 Csányi's role and his dalliance with Lázár 55:32-59:03 the independence of the Hungarian oligarchs and Mészáros 59: 04-1:00:23 his relationship with Lajos Simicska 1:00:24-1:04:51 Democracy Hungary? 1:04:52-1:11:01 His start in the by-election in Veszprém 1:11:02-1:13:41 His relationship with Jobbik 1:13:42-1:19:46 Transparency of the information brokerage and consulting profession 1:19: 47-1:25:19 MLSZ presidency and meeting with Lőrinc Mészáros 1:25:20-1:27:11 How we can better understand politics 1:27:12-1:18:20 Closing Source used: Arcanum database (adt. arcanum.hu) Look, read, listen - every Friday morning: https://pentekreggel.hu Support the work of Partizán! https://csapat.partizanmedia.hu/fundr... Subscribe to Partizán's newsletter: https://csapat.partizanmedia.hu/forms... Learn more about other support options: https://www.partizanmedia.hu/tamogatas Facebook: / partizanpolitika Facebook Chat group: / partizantarsalgo Instagram: / partizanpolitika TikTok: / partizan_media Partizan RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/partizan-pod... Partizan self-produced podcasts: https://rss.com/ podcasts/partisanpodc...