"Fidesz thinks they have defeated everyone ... and a few NGOs," wrote government spokesman, Zoltan Kovacs, on his blog. "Pawns in a larger political game, the protesters pretend that they are ...

That statement alone has raised eyebrows in Hungary. Ferenc Biro and his wife Judit are insiders in the leading ranks of the governing Fidesz party, with excellent relations at the highest level.

As everyone in Brussels knows, his efforts proved in vain. The politician, a co-founder of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party and a longtime ally of the Hungarian prime minister, disappeared from the ...