Hungary: ruling in the guise of democracy

After 1989, within two decades, the hitherto ‘dormant’ authoritarian, leader-worshipping, order-obsessed right-wing mentality has gradually found its way to the surface. Its institutional shape is precisely impossible to define.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Hungarian parliamentary election, 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/hungarian-parliamentary-election-2014/

ESO: Background information: Hungary’s municipal elections are unlikely to see Fidesz loosen its dominant hold over Hungarian politics http://www.europeansources.info/record/hungarys-municipal-elections-are-unlikely-to-see-fidesz-loosen-its-dominant-hold-over-hungarian-politics/

ESO: Background information: When the European Moral Vacuum Meets the Hungarian Autocratic Regime http://www.europeansources.info/record/when-the-european-moral-vacuum-meets-the-hungarian-autocratic-regime/

Eutopia, 08.11.14: A rule in the guise of democracy http://eutopiamagazine.eu/en/rudolf-ungv%C3%A1ry/issue/rule-guise-democracy

ESO: Background information: Hungarian protests show growing opposition to Orbán http://www.europeansources.info/record/hungarian-protests-show-growing-opposition-to-orban/

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