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Funding Cuts to Czech NGOs Fuel Populist Surge Ahead of Elections
22 May 2025
Viktor Orbán is making the political system in Hungary even more authoritarian under the pretext of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the Hungarian government opted for a cultural war against LGBTQ people to divert attention from the most crucial issue: they are about to anchor political corruption into the Hungarian Constitution.
After ten years of system-building, we should stop being surprised every time when Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is playing another autocratic card.
While the Hungarian government has been busy with “Stopping Brussels, George Soros and the gender lobby”, the second wave of the pandemic crisis has hit Hungary hard with a record number of 90,988 infected persons, more than a 100 deaths per day in a long collapsing healthcare system.
After the National Assembly adopted another authorisation law due to the worsening pandemic situation, allowing the government to rule by decree for 90 days and simplifying special legal order, the government submitted a ninth amendment to the Hungarian Constitution with plenty of concerning elements.
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