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top to bottom. Disturbingly, the leaders of some dem- ocratic societies have begun to embrace the majoritarian idea The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor °Man, has instituted a thorough overhaul of the country's constitution and national leg- islation with an eye toward measures that will insulate hi
tssias.tarrihle.oast.515,906. 34 EFTA00804758 Freedom House Chapter 5 The Rise of 'Illiberal Democracy' In July 2014, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban gave what has come to be known as his "illiberal democracy' speech before an ethnic Hungarian audi- ence in Bane Tu§nad, Romania.' Several points i
s his "illiberal democracy' speech before an ethnic Hungarian audi- ence in Bane Tu§nad, Romania.' Several points in his remarks are worth noting: Orban urged his listeners to no longer regard the 1989 triumph over communism as the reference point for developments in Hungary. Instead of measuring p
obbying on behalf of Nord Stream II, a Russian-backed pipeline plan that would deliver more natural gas directly to Western and Central Europe via the Baltic Sea, bypassing Ukraine and Belarus. At the same time, Burt was helping to write a major Trump foreign policy address. That speech, among other things
xpanding program inside the EU and NATO as well as outside it. Linking up with anti-Brussels, anti-Berlin politicians like Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, Russia is developing deeper financial, economic and even political links well inside the divided Union. With business and especially the energy bu
to cultivate a sense of pan-Slavic unity that looks to Mother Russia, and to provide aid and encouragement for anti-western leaders like Hungary's Orban would suit Putin very well. The EU is currently struggling in the southeast of Europe. The Balkans and Hungary are not doing well, and efforts to b
ics returned (in some cases more willingly than others) to the fold. By 1939, when Soviet troops invaded the Baltic Republics, from Central Asia to the Baltic Sea, almost all of the far- flung dominions of the Romanovs were once more under a single flag. Only Poland and Finland were able to resist incorporatio
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om top to bottom. Disturbingly, the leaders of some dem- ocratic societies have begun to embrace the majoritarian idea. The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, has instituted a thorough overhaul of the country's constitution and national leg- islation with an eye toward measures that will insulate his party
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019241 →his “illiberal democracy" speech before an ethnic Hungarian audi- ence in Baile Tusnad, Romania.! Several points in his remarks are worth noting: ¢ Orban urged his listeners to no longer regard the 1989 triumph over communism as the reference point for developments in Hungary. Instead of measuring prog
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019269 →Camp,” Website of the Hungari- an Government, July 26, 2014, http://www.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/the-prime-minister-s-s peeches/prime-minister-vik- tor-orban-s-speech-at-the-25th-balvanyos-summer-free-university-and-student-camp. 2. “Speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orban on 15 March,” Website of the Hunga
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019273 →Entities connected to both Viktor Orbán and the Baltic Sea

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