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How Viktor Orban degraded Hungary’s weak democracy
The roots of democracy in Hungary are shallow.
- John Shattuck
- The Conversation
That’s been especially clear in the last nine years, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban has created a repressive and increasingly authoritarian state, operating under a pretense of democracy.
In recent weeks the political situation has become volatile.
By early 2019 the Hungarian government was the target of a series of major demonstrations in Budapest and other Hungarian cities.
A flash point was a new labor law allowing employers to compel overtime to make up for the country’s labor shortage.
The shortage was…