over Orban’s dozen consecutive years in power. And, though Hungary’s elections are free, it’s hard to call them fair.
That’s in part because Orban’s government used its overwhelming parliamentary powers to amend the country’s constitution and rework how elections play out. Hungary has a mixed-member parliament where seats are elected both by geographic districts and party lists allocated in proportion to the popular vote — a system many political scientists consider admirable, but which, in Hungary’s case, “is warped,”“Hungary’s electoral playing field is heavily tilted against the opposition.
In 2014, for example, Fidesz needed only 45 percent of the popular vote to win two-thirds of parliamentary seats. Other parties secured a collective 55 percent of the vote but only occupied a third of the seats.wrote Zsuzsanna SzelenyiA program for indefinite majoritarian rule seems underway: Hungary’s prime minister may flout his nation’s commitment to E.U. principles. He may have constructed a
to reinforce his rule. But he and his allies can almost always argue that everything they do is within the bounds of the law in Hungary. Elected strongmen like Orban are “hollowing out democracy from the inside through an incremental process,”
ishaantharoor The exercise of democratically earned political power to shape one’s society, and taking constitutionally permissible steps to prevent local nullification, in spite of the wishes of a slightly smaller opposition group, is not authoritarianism. You’re simply describing “politics”
The title should say 'hot to capture Patriotims'. Hungarians are patriots, they care about their homeland. The Hungarian gov works for the People. They have perhaps the best living rate in all EU. A very small country that respects its roots, religion, culture and independence.
You misspelled Obamazation.
It is very important to keep in mind: where something needs to be done against democracy, Orbán always performs to the maximum!
During their election how to save democracy from Trumpism in Hungary.. now it got reversed.. 😂😂😂
White man can't get over a black person being president of the US - brought up to think that was impossible - still a nightmare and can't bear the thought of it happening again.
But US democracy is only fictional. Francis Fukuyama : American government resembles a bloated and dysfunctional ‘vetocracy’ distorted by lobbyists and big money.
Divide them, then Conquer them..... Still works today.
This is what’s happening in USA . Or worst Belarus. Be aware.
Socialists are always fascists
As opposed to Obamazation?
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