Népszabadság said if the House passes the act in its present form, it will turn to the Constitutional Court because restricting freedom of the press to this extent cannot be justified.

Fidesz MP Erzsébet Menczer responded that “everybody does what they can: newspapers can be published with up to 40 blank pages if the readers buy them.”

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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