December 2011

Kim Lane Scheppele’s brilliantly put “doubts” about Hungary’s constitution:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/hungarian-diplomatic-protest/

Should Brussels resist Hungary’s ‘Putinization’? Or do EU member states have a ‘democratic over-ride’?

http://www.opendemocracy.net/jan-werner-mueller/should-brussels-resist-hungarys-‘putinization’-or-do-eu-member-states-have-‘democ

The Financial Times: “In other words – and not for the first time on this blog – Hungary is shooting itself in the economic foot; with a sub-machine gun.”

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/12/30/hungary-nobody-understands-us/#axzz1i2njwuMD

Dec. 30, 2011: Defiant Hungary adopts controversial laws

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5icbIi6sEXwtSKktCJVHmNbXWTP1A?docId=CNG.8c17cba868ccab6ae336e5bb8cb40fa7.1f1

Spiegel Online: Revanchism in Budapest – Hungary’s Right-Wing War on Culture

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,803865,00.html

The Economist: Hungary’s supine MPs – The Fidesz flock

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2011/12/hungarys-supine-mps

US, EU Express Concern About Hungary’s ‘Crackdown’ on Democracy – Voice of America:

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/US-EU-Express-Concern-About-Hungarys-Crackdown-on-Democracy-136390198.html

Hungary’s answer to unemployment: Manual labour – BBC, Dec. 27, 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16309078

Hunger strikes against government interference with state media:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16354192

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20111227/eu-hungary-media-hunger-strike/

(interview with Balázs Nagy-Navarro in Dissent Magazine):

http://dissentmagazine.org/online.php?id=571

Guardian editorial, Dec. 25, 2011 – “Hungary: Playing Chicken”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/25/hungary-playing-chicken-editorial

Opposition Members of Parliament Protest Non-Stop Lawmaking, End to Democracy, Are Dragged Away by Police – NYT/Reuters:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/world/europe/in-hungary-protests-fail-to-block-disputed-legislation.html

Budapest and Brussels on a collision course?

http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2011/12/budapest-and-brussels-on-a-collision-course/#axzz1hJ8xY4zf

PDF of Hillary Clinton’s Dec. 23 letter to Viktor Orban:

http://nol.hu/media/file/attach/25/14/00/000001425-6248.pdf

Washington Post editorial, Dec. 22, 2011 – “Autocracy Returns to Central Europe”:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/autocracy-makes-an-unwelcome-return-to-hungary/2011/12/22/gIQAjcoiHP_story.html

New York Times: “Democracy here is dying not with a single giant blow but with many small cuts, critics say, through the legal processes of Parliament that add up to a slow-motion coup. And in its drift toward authoritarian government, aided by popular disaffection with political gridlock and a public focused mainly on economic hardship, Hungary stands as a potentially troubling bellwether…”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/world/europe/foes-of-hungarys-government-fear-demolition-of-democracy.html

Dec. 21 – Standard and Poor’s Downgrades Hungarian bonds:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/sp-downgrades-hungary_n_1163790.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/271053/20111221/breaking-hungary-downgraded-s-p-carnage-european.htm

‘Democratic Deficiencies’ Abound in Hungary:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,805112,00.html

Klubrádió, Hungary’s community radio and central media outlet for the opposition is silenced:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-21/hungarian-watchdog-takes-away-frequency-from-opposition-radio.html

Hungarian court rules parts of media law unconstitutional:

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15613786,00.html

On “Hungary’s Constitutional Revolution”: Two Articles by Kim Lane Scheppele written for Paul Krugman’s blog:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/hungarys-constitutional-revolution/