Everything is legal but nothing is democratic (…) democratic institutions formally exist, but their actual functioning follows only [Orban’s] will
Tibor Dessewffy comments on Hungary’s recent parliamentary elections
Everything is legal but nothing is democratic (…) democratic institutions formally exist, but their actual functioning follows only [Orban’s] will
Tibor Dessewffy comments on Hungary’s recent parliamentary elections
Orban coined the term for it himself: Illiberal Democracy. Illiberality stands above everything as a fighting term.
It is obvious that beyond these quarrels there is indeed a close relationship between Hungary and the German economy
The decision has shown that Orban does not always get away with his veto policy
I think it is a real attempt to reinforce the views of the Hungarian government in Brussels
Zsuzsanna Vegh comments on the new Hungarian think tank in Brussels
Orbán will commit to the reforms demanded by the EU. This will allow member states to refrain from cutting Hungary’s €7.5 billion in funds
The ultimate decision requires the qualified majority in the Council and is thus purely political. Many countries will be wary of taking such a drastic step
It is very questionable whether these will be more than cosmetic changes
In July, Minister Gergely Gulyás had announced that the Hungarian government would accept certain EU conditions on the rule of law, explained Zsuzsanna Vegh
With his Nazi rhetoric, Orban has once again shown that values mean nothing to him, he provokes and incites hatred and racism
Budapest chose to maintain its proximity to Moscow, playing this role as an EU member state. […] And it is doing this by acting more like Minsk than Brussels.