Opposition warns that planned legislation would allow government to shut down all independent media and NGOs
Hungary’s parliament is considering legislation that would give authorities broad powers to monitor, penalise and potentially ban organisations it describes as a threat to national sovereignty, in a move that opposition politicians warned would allow Viktor Orbán’s government to potentially shut down all independent media and NGOs engaged in public affairs.
The bill, submitted late on Tuesday by a lawmaker in Orbán’s rightwing populist Fidesz party, seeks to expand the authority of the country’s controversial sovereignty protection office.
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