'More than three out of four respondents agree: EU funds should be made conditional upon the national government’s implementation of the rule of law and of democratic values .. At least seven in ten respondents agree with this statement in all EU Member States but Czechia -more than half «totally agree» in LU, AT and MT.'
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EU Public Opinion, October 20, 2020
' "We are sitting on the ruins of a parliamentary democracy but we are still sitting in this system," Hadhazy said.''During Orban’s premiership, Hungary has tumbled down the rankings in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, to 64th from 50th in 2010. Only Bulgaria and Greece are now worse in the EU.
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He was fined the equivalent of $1,100 in October for holding up a billboard saying “He’s got to lie because he’s stolen too much” right under Orban’s lectern as he spoke in parliament, as well as another sign with expletives.
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The danger, as Hadhazy sees it, is that all rungs of society become beholden to the ruling party. Towns and villages “can only get EU funds if they behave,” he said. To boost accountability, he’s collected hundreds of thousands of signatures that seek to pressure Orban to accept the jurisdiction of a new EU prosecutor to probe corruption.
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“We are sitting on the ruins of a parliamentary democracy but we are still sitting in this system,” Hadhazy said.'
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Former Viktor Orban Ally Exposes Corruption That Rots Hungary, December 4, 2019
Context'..social, political and geopolitical risks associated with economic stagnation..'