>>37763003If I recall correctly, the first thing that they did and that didn't made the EU and Western European leaders (I don't strictly mean state leaders) and journalists happy in general was the tax on banks. However, that move was seen in a largely positive light here, due to the fact that our foreign currency mortgage crisis was already going on back then, and people didn't really like banks.
And then came the restriction of the constitutional court 's jurusdiction in the matter of taxes. That was because they introduced a 98% tax on dismission payments received from state authorities over a certain treshold - and it was also a largely popular move, as people really disliked the previously governing socialists, and this was seen as a move that prevented them gettin thousand of euroes worth of money simply for leaving office.
And then the biggest fuss was around the new Constitution, which many EU officials didn't like. This is kinda too complex to explain, but in short - it was really a conservative text, defining marriage as between only man and woman, referencing to god and christianity, and that didn't go well in Brussels.
Similar was the kicking out of the IMF, the west didn't welcome that move very warmly. But to be honest, the IMF wasn't really cooperative either, they were also like 'my way or the highway', and in retrospect, the Greek situation doesn't validate that behavior.
These happened around 2010-2011, and there was no signs of russophilia in Fidesz in that time, but the constant Orbán-EU battles made them turn to the East.
And seeing how the EU later on let other countries get away with similar or even worse shit than Orbán pulled, I will partly put the blame on the EU for all of this as well. They tried to make an example out of the Orbán-government, but what they achieved is far worse, and I'm not sure it won't blow in their faces soon.
