Last month, Viktor Orban won a 4th term as Prime Minister of Hungary. A new EU report points to an electoral autocracy in the country.
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Hungary Elections Are A Referendum On Illiberal Democracy
As leader of Hungary, Viktor Orbán has thumbed his nose at EU values. Elections in April will test [if] Hungarians want his “illiberal democracy.”
Democracy Attacked as World Battles COVID
While the world was distracted with COVID-19 democracy was quietly being attacked globally such as in Hungary, Brazil, Belarus, China.
The Last Chance to Stop Autocracy in Hungary
It will be difficult to defeat Viktor Orbán, but it will be even more difficult to reverse Hungary’s democratic collapse, which Orbán oversaw.
Hungary’s opposition Klubradio to be taken off the air
Hungarian independent broadcasting media critical of Victor Orban to go extinct as Klubradio taken off air by regulators.
Illiberal Hungary ‘mounting an ambitious ideological campaign’?
Budapest’s response to coronavirus… has been to suspend parliament and give [Premier] Viktor Orbán open-ended powers to rule by decree, Democracy Digest.
Hungary Weaponizes Coronavirus to Stoke Xenophobia
The coronavirus pandemic has been a rare moment of global solidarity. However, Hungary has somehow used it to stoke xenophobia
Rethinking backsliding: Why flawed liberals leave democracy vulnerable
If one thing is disconcerting about the illiberal turn in Eastern and Central Europe, it is the early backsliding of democratisation frontrunners there.
Moderates must avoid ‘Flight 93 Temptation’ to borrow from the populists’ illiberal playbook
The two most venerable English-speaking democracies appear to be following in the footsteps of countries they once sought to inspire.
Pro-democracy protests prove eastern Europe clichés wrong
The EIU finds that since 2006 democracy has deteriorated in central and eastern Europe more there than in any other part of the world.