Rozgonyi argues that Hungary’s 2026 elections will take place under conditions of systematically weakened media freedom, politically concentrated ownership structures and increasingly sophisticated – and at times manipulative – digital campaign strategies. These developments, she suggests, are shifting the structural preconditions of free and fair elections and turning the Hungarian case into a broader stress test for democratic integrity in Europe.

The piece offers important insights into the interplay between media governance, digital communication and electoral processes — and why developments in Hungary merit close attention beyond its borders.

Her guest blog post has been published in German at derStandard: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000310087/ungarn-vor-den-wahlen-2026-das-digitale-schlachtfeld

An English version is also available here: https://eastblog.univie.ac.at/2026/03/02/hungary-ahead-of-the-2026-elections-the-digital-media-battlefield/