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& @rdanielkelemen
euronews.com/2019/11/25/res…
Only EU member state mentioned in list of countries having experienced most democratic declines in freedom *in the world* in *past 10 years*: you guess it Hungary
freedomhouse.org/report/freedom…
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article19.org/reader/global-…
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idea.int/publications/c…
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sgi-network.org/2019/Democracy…
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sgi-network.org/2019/Democracy…
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sgi-network.org/2019/Democracy…
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worldjusticeproject.org/our-work/resea…
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einnetwork.org/hungary-echr
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transparency.org/cpi2019
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but fear not acc to Orban “academic life” is “flourishing” and @GabrielMariya promised to defend academic freedom... (btw @EPP what about your red line?)
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EU institutions/actors' reaction: let's continue to pretend this is not happening
v-dem.net/media/filer_pu…
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freedomhouse.org/report/freedom…
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bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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reconnect-europe.eu/blog/blog-vdle…
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"The law hands to Orbán the fully-fledged dictatorial powers he would need in order to cling to office when the full weight of the pandemic hits"