The Last Sentinel: Hungary’s Stand for Europe’s Future

The Last Sentinel: Hungary’s Stand for Europe’s Future

While the entirety of Europe braced itself to absorb a massive influx of (illegal) migrants in the past decade from the Middle East and North Africa, one nation broke the central narrative around the refugee problem. The Hungarian government did not give in despite facing hurdles and external issues from Brussels that were artificially created. It implemented one of Europe's most restrictive approaches to asylum seekers and refugees.By Farid Shu…

More than 90 editors and media directors from across Europe have signed a statement calling on the European Union to take action against a proposed Hungarian law that would allow the government to monitor, penalize and potentially ban organizations that receive any kind of foreign funding, including EU donations or grants.

European media journalists have commented on Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party's desire to introduce a controversial law on foreign agents. "We call on our governments and the institutions of the European Union to take all possible measures to repeal the law, which is in clear contradiction with the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights," they note in their appeal.

A group of MEPs called on Brussels to stop funding for Hungary, accusing the country of restricting freedoms and undermining democracy, not respecting legislation and European values. — Ukrinform.

Magyar Nemzet's interview with Miklós Szánthó, director general of the Center for Fundamental Rights, which organized the two-day event.

More than 90 editors and publishers from across Europe have signed a statement calling on the EU to take action against proposed legislation in Hungary, warning that if passed it could lead to the “de facto criminalisation of the free press”.