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Three Measures the European Commission Should Take to Help Restore Hungarian Democracy

December 18, 2020 • by Linda Ravo, LibertiesEU

Six months have passed since the EU Court ruled that Orban's anti-NGO law violates EU law. The government has taken no steps to comply with the ruling.
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Three Reasons Governments Need To Turn Down Poland & Hungary’s 'Interpretative Declaration’ On Rule Of Law Conditionality

December 10, 2020 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

The interpretative declaration might seem like an insignificant concession, because it’s not legally binding. But it’s likely to render the conditionality mechanism useless in practice. And it’s just not needed to unblock the budget.
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Civicus: Unabated Attacks On LGBTI Rights Amid The Pandemic In Hungary

December 03, 2020 • by LibertiesEU

The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit Hungary in early September 2020.
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PiS & Fidesz Veto Reveal Lust for Power and Weakness

November 19, 2020 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

Why are Fidesz and PiS so opposed to rule of law conditionality, and can the EU get its budget and corona recovery package through without them?
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Civicus: Further Erosion Of Media And Academic Freedom in Hungary

October 23, 2020 • by LibertiesEU

On 30th September 2020, the European Commission released its first (in the future annual) report, the “2020 Rule of Law Report”, on the state of democracy of its member states.
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'Undrinkable Cocktails' and a Soft Bartender: A Review of the First EU Rule of Law Report

October 01, 2020 • by Linda Ravo, LibertiesEU

The European Commission released its first-ever EU Rule of Law Report. Liberties welcomes the Report but warns that such reports must not just be a box-ticking exercise.
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The 3 Things the EU Commission President Should Do in Response to Orbán's Antics

September 29, 2020 • by Linda Ravo, LibertiesEU

If she cares about the future of the Union and wants to give some hope back to the Hungarian people, President von der Leyen should be forceful in her reply to Orbán's call for the sacking of an EU Vice-President.
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- Hungary
Hungary: Foreign Funding Law Violates EU Law

July 02, 2020 • by Orsolya Reich, LibertiesEU

The government claimed that the law was needed to counter money-laundering and boost transparency. However, the law has long been perceived as part of Hungary’s right-wing government’s hatemongering against philanthropist George Soros.
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Hungary's Restrictive Legislation on Financing NGOs Does Not Comply With EU Law: European Court of Justice

June 18, 2020 • by Linda Ravo, LibertiesEU

The Court of Justice rules against Orban's 2017 law aimed at shutting Hungary's citizens out of their democracy by discrediting and defunding rights and democracy activists. The case teaches the EU 3 lessons to protect our democracies from authoritarians.
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- Hungary
- HCLU
- TASZ
- rule of law
- freedom of NGOs
Hungary: Concerns Over Democratic Decline

June 05, 2020 • by Orsolya Reich, LibertiesEU

As human rights NGOs forewarned, the Authorisation Act has further exacerbated the deterioration of the rule of law and the state of democracy in Hungary.
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