Hungary copies Russian-Chinese model

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wants to sue his predecessors retroactively for their debt-raising policies. The EU must stop ignoring Orban's authoritarian behaviour, writes the left-liberal daily Der Standard: "The crude methods and outright violence of the mid-20th century can't be repeated in today's Europe, even Viktor Orbán knows that. Instead he wants a legal putsch, a directed democracy in which his opponents are not murdered but muzzled, and if necessary jailed under false pretences. ... Hungary lacks Russia's raw materials and China's industry. For that reason Orbán's attempt to copy a Russian-Chinese model is doomed to failure. Does the EU want to wait for Orbán to make it a scapegoat for this? There's nothing for it, Orbán's regime is incompatible with the European Union. It's time to accept this reality and work out a strategy. The time for turning a blind eye has ended."

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