Hungary has moved fully into the authoritarian. The President rules by decree. The reaction of the EU? A statement that members should respect the rights. No mention of Orban or of Hungary. No mention that one of the EU members has just given indefinite power to rule by decree. Apparently the idea is that the sting of personal letter from Ms. von der Leyen will so hurt Orban's feelings that he will change directions with his party. This is dismal development, the EU failure to say anything meaningful about such a repudiation of liberal democracy, a core value of the EU, by one of its members. What is the value of keeping Hungary in the Union? What about stopping the financial support the EU gives to the government?
Hungary is also a member of NATO. So what is NATO a bulwark against now? Just Russia? Surely it cannot be defense of democracy when a member state explicitly repudiates the very idea of democracy.
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