After having agreed to provide Ukraine a €90 billion EU loan package, officials in Budapest have said on Friday they plan to veto the deal unless Russian oil starts flowing back to Hungary.
After having agreed to provide Ukraine a €90 billion EU loan package, officials in Budapest have said on Friday they plan to veto the deal unless Russian oil starts flowing back to Hungary.
Afaik, they’re doing about the same as republicans do in some states. Things like gerrymandering and threatening opposition members.
And yet his Fidesz is polling 10 percent-point behind opposition Tisza.
No, the law they write let’s them get away with worse stuff. Like using tax money to campaign.
They also do full illegal shit, like extorting the lowest class to vote for them, otherwise they lose their government subsidized jobs (like cleaning the streets). I’ve heard of instances, where they even give money in exchange for the vote.
Oh, that’s crazy. How do they enforce that? Can they see who people vote for?
No, not really. It’s mostly a numbers game.
My sister was a vote counting volunteer in '22 and she told me that there were drunk people asking her to remind them who they need to vote for. Illiterate people asking which on is Fidesz. Nasty, nasty stuff.
It’s still not outright Belorussia or Russia… I don’t think Fidesz can bag the supermajority this time around with their usual tricks, but even so, the situation looks grim.