Tag Archives: Jobbik

  • Hungary: Democracy distorted?
    —a radio feature

    How has Hungary gone from having one of the most admired legal systems in the world, to becoming the most worrying symbol of democratic decline within Europe? European Union was founded on the belief that all members wanted to distance themselves from the sorts of conflicts and closed regimes that defined much of the 20th century, but Europe was ill-prepared for the cascading side-effects of a crippling economic crisis.

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