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Viktor Orbán’s New Assault on Free Media and Civil Society
23 November 2023
After 30 years of romancing with Western democracy, at the time of the coronavirus, the authorities in Central and Eastern Europe do not really understand what democracy is about. Similar examples of misuse of power, intimidation and excessive restrictions as from the Balkan states can easily be found in Central Europe.
COVID-19 changed reality in Europe overnight. Faced with an unknown threat, more European countries were reaching the method used in China to rapidly reduce human interactions and thereby stop the spread of the virus.
Although the iron logic of minimising the spread of the coronavirus is a tactic commonly used by governments, its practical dimension leaves much to be desired.
In the case of the Balkan countries, there are many weaknesses in the relationship between the individual and the state, which are not only specific to this region.
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