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“We must stop Brussels!” referendum booklet warns Hungarians
I’m grateful to the staff of The Budapest Beacon for permission to re-post their English translation of the propaganda pamphlet the Hungarian government is distributing, in multiple copies, to every...
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Is Viktor Orbán’s next project to undo the Treaty of Lisbon?
Today’s big news in Hungary is that Ildikó Csuhaj of Népszabadság learned “from a source close to the government” that, after a valid and successful referendum, Viktor Orbán is planning to move onto...
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Anti-refugee hysteria in Hungary
The “real” referendum campaign began only after September 4, when Viktor Orbán and the Fidesz parliamentary delegation met for the weekend in Balatonfüred to discuss the political tasks ahead. Of...
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October 3 may not be a day of rejoicing for the Hungarian government
Viktor Orbán has put a tremendous amount of energy into having a valid and successful referendum, although it is not clear what he wants to do with it, at least at home. He is certainly keeping his...
View ArticleLet’s Invalidate the Hungarian Refugee Quota Referendum!
“This is our country: Let’s invalidate the referendum!” is the title of the common statement of 22 NGOs protesting against the inhuman politics of the Hungarian government against refugees. The...
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Viktor Orbán’s gamble failed: the referendum is invalid
The insidious hate campaign leading up to today’s referendum on compulsory refugee quotas has failed, badly. First of all, only 43.8% of the electorate went to the polls, far below the necessary 50%...
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The deadly embrace of Hungarian television propaganda
Yesterday, while waiting for the results of the anti-refugee referendum, I decided to take a look at Channel M1, one of Magyar Televízió’s four or five channels. This particular channel is devoted to...
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Hungary’s “constitutional identity”: What does it mean?
After we learned the results of the refugee quota referendum I wrote a short post, leaving an analysis of the referendum’s consequences for a later date. I did, however, indicate that Viktor Orbán was...
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Brussels after the Hungarian referendum
Although the Hungarian media is full of the story that Antal Rogán lied about his extravagant helicopter ride to a wedding, I would rather talk about the Hungarian referendum’s reception in Brussels....
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The much-heralded seventh amendment to the Hungarian Constitution
Changing the constitution is a frequent affair in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary. The amendment promulgated today is the seventh since April 2012. So by now the ministry of justice can draft these amendments...
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