Hungary’s referendum on Sunday, expected to reject the European Union’s mandatory migrant quotas, is just the latest move by hard-hitting right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban to rile critics at home and abroad.
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Elected with a two-thirds majority in 2010, Orban embarked on a legislative whirlwind including a new constitution steeped in patriotic and conservative values and watering down the constitutional court’s powers.
Vital democratic institutions such as those regulating the judiciary, media and state spending were revamped and packed with Orban loyalists, including a close ally named as central bank head. New electoral laws appeared to favour the …read more
Source: African news network 7
