Thursday, December 17, 2015

Insight – Creeping ‘Orbanization’ in Poland Sparking Unease in EU

 Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Reuters, 17/12 14:40 CET

By Justyna Pawlak and Wiktor Szary

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s opposition and the ruling conservatives agree on one thing: there is a kinship between Warsaw’s new government and that of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who critics accuse of stretching the boundaries of democracy.

Orban has locked horns with Hungary’s European partners over economic policies and political freedoms for years, most recently with a hard line on the refugee crisis that led to the construction of a steel fence along the southern border to keep migrants out.

Conservatives in Poland, a country long considered one of the strongest supporters of the European Union among the former Soviet bloc states, appear to be following his lead. 

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Source: Euronews

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