Monday 5 March 2012

Towards an illiberal democracy – Hungary’s new constitution

an article by Gábor Halmai published in Eurozine articles

Hungary’s new constitution contradicts European democratic standards on numerous counts. It allows the current government to set in stone its economic and social policy; it excludes other nationalities living within Hungary while entitling “ethnic” Hungarians beyond its borders; and, most starkly anti-democratically, it undermines the independence of regulatory institutions ranging from the national bank to the constitutional court and media.
Read in full and be frightened!


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