.@HeleneBismarck is right. What's happening in Hungary's education sector is alarming. The EU should intervene 1/
Hungarian MPs from ruling Fidesz have this week voted to transfer ownership of 11 universities to newly established, so-called “private foundations“. These will be endowed with state assets & headed by allies of PM Viktor Orban 2/
The trustees will be given founders rights, meaning they can appoint their successors. The new structures are also protected in a legal bunker that needs a two-thirds parliamentary majority to change 3/
The Govt says the “reforms” will help remove universities from Govt control & improve educational standards 😂. In reality it will entrench Orban's control, nationalism & clientelism permanently into Hungary's education sector, no matter which Govt comes to power in future ENDS

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So @EmmanuelMacron has announced a 4 stage reopening of France in his interview with the regional press, which has been leaked to Le Point magazine though not published in full until tomorrow 1/6
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