What’s happening with Hungary’s pandemic power grab?
Podcast |
The Current
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
News & Politics
Publication Date |
Apr 02, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:09:06

This week Hungary's parliament, dominated by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party, granted the prime minister open-ended, broad-reaching emergency powers.  Visiting Fellow James Kirchick explains this as the latest step in Hungary's democratic decline and how the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating the re-nationalization of politics within the European Union.

Full show notes and transcript: https://brook.gs/2Uz3mO2 

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