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Hungary: The EU's First Dictatorship?

Jamie Dettmer

   The establishment of one-man rule in the heart of Europe has enraged
   civil libertarians and Hungary's opposition leaders, who see the move
   as a power grab by Orbán and accuse him of taking advantage of the
   Coronavirus pandemic to establish an elective dictatorship and to kill
   off the country's democracy.

   Pressure is mounting on the European Union to take action against
   Hungary for passing sweeping emergency measures that will allow
   populist leader Viktor Orbán to rule by decree indefinitely.

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