Hungarian PM Orbán’s Fidesz party submitted a controversial bill to parliament Wednesday in what critics see as an attack on civil society.
The bill, would allow the Sovereignty Protection Office to blacklist organizations receiving foreign funding.
Eight Communist bloc countries led by the USSR signed a mutual defense called the Warsaw Pact OTD in 1955 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/hungary/budapest/?s=mb #travel #Hungary #history
International coverage of the slippery slope #Hungary is approaching with the #Orban government's latest attack on #democracy & #pressfreedom & #civilrights.
https://www.rferl.org/a/orban-legislation-russia-foreign-agent-law-magyar-dissent/33414208.html
Ukraine's next steps will be based on who Russia sends to peace talks #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czechia #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Trump #Hungary #Romania #Slovakia #Japan #Taiwan #Australia #Switzerland #Canada #Italy #Ireland #Netherlands #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #RussiaIsATerroristState
Things are getting really bad in #Hungary. https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/05/14/orbans-promised-spring-cleaning-new-bill-targets-ngos-and-the-free-press
The Soviet state of "Orbany" should be kicked out of both EU and NATO!
The #ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map 2025 went online today, which rates how equal or unequal #LGBTQ+ people are treated in #Europe.
Unsurprisingly, #Hungary’s rating got way worse.
Here’s a chart showing #UK’s score has dropped from 86% in 2015 to 46% in 2025. This year it dropped by 5 percentage points, due to court decisions that effectively nullified legal #gender recognition for trans ppl.
The org also notes there is a general negative trend in Europe.
Read it as he wants to ban the opposition…
Hungary considering law to ban groups seen as threat to national sovereignty https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/14/hungary-considering-law-to-monitor-and-ban-groups-seen-as-threat-to-national-sovereignty?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Only 3 days left! If you're in the EU, or know people in the EU, share this petition to ban conversion therapy in the whole EU: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home
It's important that we do something against what only can be described as torture!
To go through we need atleast one more country to pass the threshold and another ~450k votes in total, so keep signing! Share it with everyone, your friends, parents, grantparents, neighbors even with your cat/dog/pet lizard!!!!!! We need to get this through to protect LGBTQ+ folks and espc youth in the EU!
A list of countries that are in dire need of enough votes:
In Hungary, a new law they're bestowing,
To ban groups the state sees as throwing,
A threat to their nation,
It sparks agitation,
As fears of free speech erosion start growing.
Poland detects foreign-funded election ads amid fears of Russian interference #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czechia #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Slovakia #Japan #Taiwan #Australia #Switzerland #Canada #Italy #Ireland #Netherlands #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #RussiaIsATerroristState
#Article7
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EU’s Double Standard Of Punishing Georgia, Placating Hungary: Orban's Party Proposes New Legislation Critics Liken To Russia's Foreign Agent Law (more) http://www.rferl.org/a/33414208.html #Ukraine #Article7Hungary #EC #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #Article7HungaryNow #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#Hungary #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Today in #Hungary, another step to a full blown #dictatorship.
The #fascist ruling party introduces a bill to silence any media, critical of the party.
Unless stopped, we can expect this in #America as well.
Keep up the #fight!
The regime #Trump & allies see as a model.
#Orbán’s #Fidesz party proposes #Russia-style crackdown on #Hungary’s #CivilSociety
The new bill fits into a pattern of democratic backsliding for the Central European country.
"The bill says threats to national sovereignty include influencing #PublicOpinion, promoting #democratic #debate, or challenging state-defined values like #Christian culture & traditional family roles."
#auticracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #dissent
https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-fidesz-party-hungary-russia-democracy-transparency-public-life-civil-society/
