News tagged with: democracy

Hungarian Press Roundup: Opposition Braces for Next Year’s Election

As opinion polls put the opposition parties combined at just over 50 per cent of probable voters, pundits in left-liberal...

2021.03.01.

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Another Round Between EC Jourová and Orbán Gov’t Over ‘Sick Democracy’ Comment

“For me, the situation in Hungary is the most worrying (...) I still believe it is a sick democracy,” European...

2021.02.25.

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Hungarian Press Roundup: Dispatches from the Trenches in the Culture War

A pro-government commentator finds it justified for the government to have reclaimed national sovereignty from what he calls the ‘post-Communist...

2021.02.23.

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Gyurcsány: Joint Opposition Can Win against Orbán’s ‘Autocratic System’

Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition, said in a keynote speech on Saturday that the decision by Hungary's...

2021.02.15.

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EU Commission Response to Minority SafePack is an Affront to Democracy and Human Rights in Europe

In a great show of hypocrisy, the European Commission rang in the new year by completely disregarding and disrespecting our...

2021.01.22.

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Justice Minister: Tech Firms ‘Violate Democratic Norms’

Hungary's Justice minister Judit Varga has called an extraordinary meeting of the Digital Freedom Committee tasked with monitoring online space...

2021.01.18.

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Hungarian FM Szijjártó to Obama: Orbán Was Chosen by the People

Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó recently addressed a question by RTL news regarding the comments Barrack Obama made towards Hungary...

2021.01.12.

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Obama Says Hungarian Gov’t Undemocratic, Likens Orbán to Duterte

In an interview with Daily Show host Trevor Noah, former US president Barack Obama referred to Hungary as having a...

2021.01.11.

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Hungarian Press Roundup: First Appraisals of 2020

Political commentators on both sides of the political divide depict 2020 in dark colours and brace for even tougher clashes...

2021.01.02.

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Fidesz MP Németh Stresses Difference Between Democracies and Dictatorships

A unique characteristic of a democracy is that such a system ensures more rights than those required under international standards,...

2020.12.16.

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Justice Min: EU Trying ‘to Show Member States How to Make Democracy’

Hungary's justice minister on Friday slammed what she called "Brussels institutions with grave democratic deficits" for wanting "to show Member...

2020.12.04.

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Opposition MEPs in Die Zeit: Orbán ‘Trojan Horse of Dictators in Europe’

Europe cannot afford mistakes that could easily lead to the disintegration of the European Union, states the opinion article in...

2020.11.25.

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Justice Minister Varga Invites Clooney for Coffee in Budapest

Other important members of the Orbán government have joined the "Clooney-saga." Both the Foreign and Justice Ministers felt they needed...

2020.11.25.

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US Ambassador: ‘Orbán Gov’t Not Totalitarian, Hungary Democracy’

Relations between Hungary and the United States could not be better, outgoing US Ambassador David B. Cornstein said in an...

2020.10.28.

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Justice Minister: EC Rule of Law Report Ignores Detailed Summaries Submitted by Hungary

The European Commission has ignored in its recent rule of law report detailed summaries, data and comparative analyses submitted by...

2020.10.10.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs: EC Vice-President’s Remarks Not to Affect Hungarian-Czech Relations

Critical remarks about Hungary by Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova have no affect...

2020.10.10.

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Justice Minister: EC Has No Authority to Compile Rule of Law Reports on Member States

The European Commission has no authority to compile comparative assessments of the rule of law in European Union members and...

2020.10.05.

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Hungarian Press Roundup: Debate Over Rule of Law Continues

Left-wing and liberal commentators accuse the government of waging a propaganda war in its handling of EU criticism of the...

2020.10.05.

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Former EC Pres Barroso: Hungary Important EU Member, but Gov’t Must Comply with Rule of Law

José Manuel Barroso, former President of the European Commission, was recently interviewed by Hungarian news portal Azonnali. Among other things,...

2020.09.22.

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Echoes of Revolutions Past: 1989 Hungary – 2020 Belarus

The regime of the last dictator in Europe, Alexander Lukashenko, is on shaky legs, as protests against his controversial 80%...

2020.09.15.

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Hungarian Press Roundup: Theatre and Film University Conflict Rolls on

Reacting to a several thousand-strong demonstration organised by students of the university on Sunday, and to their already week-long occupation...

2020.09.09.

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