EU Court Criticizes Hungary’s Attack on Foreign-Funded NGOs
- Court gives non-binding advice on legality of 2017 law
- Hungarian rules led Soros’s NGO group to move to Berlin
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban suffered a setback in his clash with the European Union over democratic norms as an adviser to the bloc’s highest court slammed his crackdown on foreign-funded groups.
A controversial Hungarian law “introduces unjustified restrictions” on non-governmental organizations that receive donations from abroad, hampering the free movement of capital, Advocate General Manuel Campos Sanchez-Bordona of the EU Court of Justice said in a non-binding opinion on Tuesday.