Hungarian Parliament Votes to Extend Orban’s Rule by Decree
- State of emergency due to Ukraine war extended by six months
- Orban government has clashed with the EU over the rule of law
Hungary has been under various states of emergency going back to 2016.
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Prime Minister Viktor Orban got the green light from Hungary’s parliament to extend his rule-by-decree by another six months, keeping the centralization of power that set Budapest on a collision course with the European Union.
Lawmakers voted on Monday to extend the state of emergency until May of next year, allowing Orban to issue decrees and overwrite laws without the regular parliamentary procedures.