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cencorshipisbad t1_iycu5qa wrote

Wonder if they can take a portion of the blocked funds and do an investigation as to how the voting is manipulated by Russia/China to favor Orban as a blueprint to be repeated in other Western elections.

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Got_No_Situation t1_iyczjxu wrote

As a Hungarian, this is exactly what is needed. As long as the mechanisms that allowed them to parasitise a member state are not investigated and taken seriously, it will all just be fingerpointing and blaming the people that are being taken advantage of. And they will remain in power, legally.

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Exotic_Nectarine_448 t1_iyfbznn wrote

I am Ukrainian I was in Hungary just before the war it's an amazing place with so many different and interesting people I hope u all will go out of this situation with a controller leader.I believe in Hungarians, good luck to u <3

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WhySoWorried t1_iydnxpx wrote

I live in Hungary and it isn't a secret. The government controls all TV stations and media. Imagine if Republicans controlled all English language TV stations, newspapers, and advertisements.

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Rustyflyntlock t1_iydxoto wrote

They do coordinate with right wing media, so they're trying to get that way I guess.

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WhySoWorried t1_iye6buq wrote

They're explicitly focused on learning from Orban, which is pretty scary. His method focuses on right wing takeovers of left wing and left-leaning organizations so that's something that you should keep an eye out for.

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[deleted] t1_iyeohjk wrote

Orban’s regime wasn’t funded by Russia or China during the meaningful part of last decade. The EU simply looked the other way as Orban disassembled the checks and balances of Hungary, because in exchange Orban looked the other way when it came to hungarian workers rights. Hungary is just a german car assembly site.

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