Freedom of speech, “alive and kicking in Hungary” Hungary’s populist right-wing government is causing democratic discomfort all over Europe: a new media law squeezes press freedom; pension funds are being nationalised; there is a tax on foreign companies, and the Hungarian constitution is about to be rewritten.
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