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May 26, 2022

Citing War in Ukraine, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán Seizes Emergency Powers
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Hungary's authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has extended
emergency powers, citing the war in neighboring Ukraine. The move grants
Orbán's far-right, nationalist government sweeping powers to enact
policies without the input of the Legislature. Orbán, who recently won a
fourth term as prime minister, has been accused of turning Hungary into
a "ballot-box dictatorship." 


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