
The power of emergency in Hungary
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Under cover of the COVID-19 crisis, Hungary’s parliament voted by a thumping majority to pass the “Bill on the Protection against Coronavirus,” which granted Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, rule by decree for as long as he deems. Political Capital, a Budapest consultancy, notes the details. The Times thundered, Politico explained and an editorial in the Financial Times reminded that Mr Orbán “declared a state of emergency over the migrant crisis in 2015. It is still in force.”
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