Video Opinion: Is PM Orbán Using Covid-19 To Dismantle Democracy In Hungary?

  • 28 May 2020 12:24 PM
Video Opinion: Is PM Orbán Using Covid-19 To Dismantle Democracy In Hungary?
Budapest’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic has been to suspend parliament and give Prime Minister Viktor Orban open-ended powers to rule by decree. Will the latest move by the ruling Fidesz party cement authoritarianism in Europe?

In an exclusive interview with DW’s Conflict Zone, Member of the European Parliament, Balazs Hidveghi of the Fidesz party, defended the emergency measures passed by the Hungarian government in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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