Concerns over Hungary’s pending electoral code amendment
Ahead of Hungary’s next parliamentary elections scheduled for 2022, the Orbán-government submitted a new amendment to the electoral code on 10 November 2020. Along with a series of technical adjustments, the amendment seeks to change the conditions under which parties can register national lists for the election. The proposal comes as the main opposition parties […]
An early balance of emergency measures
Source: Sean Gallup / Getty images Emergency measures have been widely adopted across Europe in the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in order to facilitate rapid and effective decision-making and action to fight the spread of the virus. While such measures can be justified under such extraordinary circumstances, they should always be proportional […]
An early balance of emergency measures
In response to COVID-19, the Orbán-government has introduced measures that are neither temporary nor proportional. In this analysis, election expert Zsuzsanna Végh argues that the government is using the pandemic as a distraction to further introduce restrictions on democratic rights and freedoms in Hungary.