<story><title>Hungarian Coronavirus Act passes granting PM Orban unprecedented emergency power</title><url>https://index.hu/english/2020/03/30/hungary_coronavirus_act_parliament_viktor_orban_fidesz_sweeping_powers_indefinite_term/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>loriverkutya</author><text>The EU is pretty much opposing this already: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.europarl.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;press-room&amp;#x2F;20200324IPR75702&amp;#x2F;ep-stands-up-for-democracy-in-hungary-during-covid-19&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.europarl.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;press-room&amp;#x2F;20200324IP...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nabla9</author><text>EU can&amp;#x27;t do anything meaningful under the current rules because far-right populist parties  in Poland and Hungary veto everything EU could to against one of them.&lt;p&gt;I think things are allowed to get worse until main EU members decide that it&amp;#x27;s worth risking breaking the EU to get all countries to play with normal rules again or get them thrown out.&lt;p&gt;Fidesz–KDNP has been eroding the laws and norms more than a decade and they have put their people into universities, media and courts. I don&amp;#x27;t see easy way back to normal any time soon.</text></comment>
<story><title>Hungarian Coronavirus Act passes granting PM Orban unprecedented emergency power</title><url>https://index.hu/english/2020/03/30/hungary_coronavirus_act_parliament_viktor_orban_fidesz_sweeping_powers_indefinite_term/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>loriverkutya</author><text>The EU is pretty much opposing this already: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.europarl.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;press-room&amp;#x2F;20200324IPR75702&amp;#x2F;ep-stands-up-for-democracy-in-hungary-during-covid-19&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.europarl.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;press-room&amp;#x2F;20200324IP...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lez</author><text>The EU has pretty much watched all along while Orban was building up his unconstitutional power machine.</text></comment>