Hungary Amends Constitution to Enable Orban’s Crackdown

Hungary’s parliament passed a constitutional amendment to enable a potential clampdown championed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban before next year’s election, including banning the annual Pride parade.

Orban, who has been in office since 2010 but whose party is now trailing in the polls, last month vowed an “Easter clean-out” of perceived dissenters against his rule. Lawmakers from his Fidesz group delivered the two-thirds majority in parliament on Monday that was required to pass the legislation.