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Minister Szijjártó: Debate is the foundation of democracy
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó dismissed the accusations of Hungary not being a democratic country.
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FM: Tusk failed both as a party leader and as a person
The foreign minister said that Tusk calling Hungary’s democracy “degenerate” called into question the achievements of the Hungarian people.
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State Secretary: Hungarian democracy is alive and well
In an op-ed published by The Washington Post, Zoltán Kovács said Hungarian democracy is alive and well, and we’re succeeding in our fight against the novel coronavirus.
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NGOs in Transit: Dropping the objective façade
Freedom House has just released its latest edition of Nations in Transit, its annual ranking of countries in former communist eastern Europe and Eurasia. They call it a “comprehensive, comparative,...
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German public radio: here’s an example of why voters despise the liberal bias of the media
A five-part series recently featured on German public radio Deutschlandfunk serves up a textbook example of a biased, liberal media incapable of reporting another side of the story.
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Project Syndicate claims PM Orbán is a role model for President Trump
Thank you. But what PM Orbán and President Trump have in common has nothing to do with “racist immigration policies” or “how to destroy a democracy”. It’s the respect for the people’s will.
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Let me show you what the “climate of fear” in Hungary really looks like
So, this week The Telegraph published – in the news section, not the opinion column – an article about Hungary entitled, “A ‘climate of fear’, which refers to our country as a “dying democracy propped up by the EU.”
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Ruling party comms director: Everyone must accept the clear outcome of Sunday’s election
“Everyone must accept the crystal clear outcome” of the election, the communications director of the ruling party said. “When there’s an outcome the Soros brigade doesn’t like, they attack democracy itself,” he added
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Dear New York Times: Hungarians are not stupid
On Sunday, The New York Times published a 2,500-word article on Hungary, “As West Fears the Rise of Autocrats, Hungary Shows What’s Possible.” It even appeared on the front page of the print edition, featured front and center with photos, under a somewhat less subtle title, “Taking an Ax to Democracy as Europe Fidgets.”
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Hungarian MEP says trans-national list (TNL) is a bad idea
Schopflin argues that European citizens haven’t asked to be represented in the TNL way. These ‘floating’ 27 MEPs would sit in the European parliament and be answerable to no one, with no structure for holding them accountable
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Soros funded Freedom House takes “politically motivated and biased” swipe at Hungary
Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said the Freedom in the World report, knowing the organization’s financial background, is an attack against Hungary by another Soros organization
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I know what authoritarian rule looks like. Does Freedom House?
The latest edition of Freedom in the World, an annual survey published by the Soros-funded Freedom House, places Hungary among a group of “states that a decade ago seemed like promising success stories” but are now “sliding into authoritarian rule.”
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The New York Times takes a “road trip” through Hungary, and it turns into a train wreck
A New York Times journalist recently took a “A Democracy Road Trip Through Hungary”. As a piece of journalism, this road trip turns into a train wreck.