Diary of Central Banker in Despair as Orban’s Hungary Defies EU
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Andras Simor is Hungary’s last man standing.
The central bank president has held on as Premier Viktor Orban swept out the heads of independent state institutions during the past two years. Parliament cut Simor’s salary by 75 percent, stripped him of his right to name rate setters and filled the majority of the seats with ruling-party appointees.