The sense of the balance of power and the art of the opposite foot. Once again, in his inimitable manner, Viktor Orban was able to take advantage of the circumstances to make his opponents dizzy and tighten his grip on the institutions. At the end of March, in the name of the health emergency, the assembly controlled by two-thirds by its political party authorized it to govern by decree - and this without limitation of time. Stupor.
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The opposition cries out at the coup, the Parliament of Strasbourg denounces a drift "incompatible with European values" . The Hungarian Prime Minister, who does not like anything until being thus nailed in the pillory, lets say. Then he rings the end of the game. Tuesday, May 26, while emergency measures remain in force in several Western European countries, his government announces the immediate lifting of "the state of danger". The soufflé falls, the Minister of Justice demands an apology. We almost forget that Viktor Orban took advantage of the epidemic to reduce
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