State of the Union
Why Everyone’s Saying Hungary Is in Trouble
From Felix:
On March 31, the Washington Post published an analysis piece titled, “Coronavirus Kills Its First Democracy.” The article, considered provocative in its wording but perhaps not entirely inaccurate, was of course aimed at Hungary, where Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s parliamentary super-majority had just pushed through a package of arcane legislation, some of which is designed to grant Orban the ability to rule by decree.
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