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Dési, János
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Hungary's constitutional court now dependent
Hungary's right-wing conservative government on Tuesday published the new appointments to the country's Constitutional Court, which has been enlarged from eleven to fifteen members. The government-critical daily Népszava writes that this is the end of Hungary's independent Constitutional Court: "Deserving women and men will be appointed by the ruling party Fidesz, or better, by the wise leader Viktor Orbán in person, as new judges on the Constitutional Court. But the powers of the court have already been massively curtailed, and it has been stripped of its key competences. But my God, that's just the way it is with our know-it-all government. ... The new judges on the Constitutional Court are a bunch of political mercenaries loyal to the government. ... All those who sit on the Constitutional Court today ... are helping to maintain the appearance that there still is such a thing as a constitutional court in Hungary. But from now on there is no such thing."
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A slap in the face for Hungarian democracy
The left-leaning daily Népszava comments on the surprising election result of Hungary's right-wing extremist Jobbik party, which won three seats in the European Parliament: "The dramatic advance of the radial Right must come as a hard blow for every democrat in Hungary. The just under 15 percent of the vote that Jobbik was able to win in the European elections [with a voter turnout of 36 percent] is an ill portent for all those who want a Hungary based on democracy and human rights. … Those committed to democracy need to urgently reflect on what has gone so terribly wrong in Hungary in the past few years. … Hungary has received a mighty slap in the face from hundreds of thousands of voters. We can only hope that this will shake those who see themselves as democrats into action. If not we face huge problems: rapidly spreading racism, self-administered justice and a trend towards a police state."
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