Freedom House Ranks Hungary Among “Free” Countries

  • 27 Jan 2014 8:06 AM
Freedom House Ranks Hungary Among “Free” Countries
Hungary is ranked among “free” countries on Freedom House’s democracy survey this year. According to its latest report Freedom in the World 2014, Hungary scored 1, the best score, for political rights and it kept its score of 2 for civil liberties for the third year in a row. Countries with a score of 1-2,5 are ranked as free countries.

This year’s report mentioned the presence of xenophobia in connection with central European countries.

The report refers to Hungary’s radical nationalist Jobbik party, among other European radical parties.

“Jobbik focuses its attacks on Jews and Roma, and although its popularity has softened over the past several years, it still holds 11% of the seats in parliament,” it said.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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