Analysis
International Relations
Did Viktor Orbán just hint at Huxit?
2 February 2023
There are clear signs already that the ruling party has begun to use the special legal order for political revenge.
The coronavirus is another reason for the Hungarian government to grab more power.
None of the European countries has gone as far as the Hungarian government in drafting new measures as part of an emergency law, in response to the unprecedented global crisis.
The government submitted a Bill on Protection against the Coronavirus, seeking parliamentary authorisation to extend the “state of danger” invoked on 11 March that would give the government the power to rule by decree, without parliamentary oversight as well as institutionalises censorship.