Concerns over Hungary’s pending electoral code amendment
Hungarian parliament after the vote to extend emergency powers to the government, 10 November 2020. Source: dailynewshungary.com (MTI) Although the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is in full swing in Hungary, the upcoming 2022 parliamentary elections already loom on the horizon. Just as new corona-restrictions were about to enter into force under the […]
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.
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 […]