The U.S. ambassador to Budapest raised the temperature in a long-running standoff, citing Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s pro-Russia, anti-U.S. stance and opposition to supporting Ukraine.
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E.U. Court Rules Against Hungary Law Targeting Soros-Funded University
The ruling comes as the bloc pushes back against a growing authoritarianism by the government of Viktor Orban, but is unlikely to have much effect on the ground.
Pushed From Hungary, University Created by Soros Shifts to Vienna
Central European University and its founder, George Soros, have been favorite targets of Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban, as he stifles dissenting voices.
In Eastern Europe, U.S. Officials Talk Deals, Not Erosion of Democracy
Promoting weapons sales and isolation of Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence did not speak out on the illiberal direction of some allies.
On the Surface, Hungary Is a Democracy. But What Lies Underneath?
Hungary has the trappings of a 21st-century European democracy, but uses its devices to exert the same kind of control as the autocracies of the Cold War.