Fidesz undermines Hungary's democracy

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been in office for 100 days. His ruling party Fidesz has begun to undermine democracy in the country, writes Florence La Bruyère, foreign correspondent for the French daily Libération in the left-liberal Sunday paper Vasárnapi Hírek: "By giving the most important post in the state apparatus to party hacks he has weakened democracy. Who can seriously believe that the new president of the state audit office, who is a member of the right-wing conservative Fidesz party, will be neutral when it comes to the questionable financing affairs of his party? ... In its first 100 days the Orbán government has broken with EU customary laws the foundation of which is that a party may not abuse its election victory - no matter how impressive - to weaken democracy. The Hungarian voters elected the Fidesz party because they want good and effective government. This however doesn't mean that they consent to the Third Republic being dismantled."

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