Saving the world with ease

After Orbán's defeat in the Hungarian parliamentary elections in April 2026, the publicist Robert Misik remarked: "The fact that the democratic left has been demoralized and unsuccessfully battling against Orbán for 15 years, and then a moderate conservative comes along and cleverly sweeps the autocrat away, should give us pause for thought." In any case, the democratic left today seems to oscillate between confusion, powerlessness and anger, self-absorption, and licking its wounds. Successes appear to be rare, while demoralizing events are very frequent. Is "left" simply out of touch with the times? Or are there still reasons and grounds to insist on changing the world "from the left"? How would democratic leftist politics need to change in order to regain the initiative? Discussing this with you and reflecting together are actress Caroline Peters and former Berlin mayor and cultural senator Klaus Lederer, author of the book "Saving the World with the Left."