Translation of “The Transit Zones Are Prisons Where Pregnant Women Are Handcuffed” published on June 12, 2017, by Hungarian online daily Index.hu. The Hungarian government set up transit zones along the border as a place for those fleeing war to request international protection. These transit zones operate as though they are located in a “no man’s land”. […]
“There is no redemption or absolution in the swamp of Hungarian public life” – István Kerékgyártó
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Translation of interview with former National Radio and Television Board (ORTT) head and author István Kerékgyártó appearing in 168 óra on June 6th, 2017 under the title “The country is being run by people without any system of values.” “Fidesz very professionally used the loopholes which allowed them to easily deconstruct the democratic institutional system. We can already see […]
Corruption expert Dávid Jancsics on Hungary’s “flowering straw man system”
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San Diego State University’s Dávid Jancsics says today’s Hungary resembles an eastern autocracy thanks in no small part to its “flowering straw man system”.
Straw men play essential role in Hungary’s mafia state under Viktor Orbán and Fidesz
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The Hungarian model dominated by Fidesz is termed crony capitalism by the expert literature. It’s characteristic form is the straw man controlled by politicians initiating the corruption.
Viktor Orbán is on the road to damnation, says Gábor Iványi of the Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood
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“I mourn for Viktor Orbán.” – Gábor Iványi, founder and head, Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood Translation of Péter Cseri’s interview with Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood (MET) leader Gábor Iványi appearing in Hungarian print weekly 168 óra on May 4th, 2017, pp. 22-24) under the title “Impregnable church.” This is not monetary compensation but the price of staying alive, […]
Hungarian politics about control over EU funds since 2002 says György Földes
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“It is unacceptable for those in power to use state money to foment a mood of civil war. . . . This administration sets off passions which it then must calm through internal and external opposition . . . Since 2002 politics has been about control over EU funds and their distribution, and about which power group […]