In 14 years, Peter Balazs has gone from being one of the most senior representatives of Hungary on the world stage - to one of his country's all-powerful government's staunchest opponents.
Balazs was Hungary's first ever EU commissioner when it joined the bloc in 2004, and he went on to become its foreign minister in 2009-2010.
He is now professor at the Central European University (CEU), the campus Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban...
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