Hungary least democratic country in EU - Freedom House

The study mentions Hungary specifically twice.

States that a decade ago seemed like promising success stories—Turkey and Hungary, for example—are sliding into authoritarian rule,

FH President Michael J. Abramowitz wrote in the foreword, Democracy in Crisis. Another chapter states that

In Hungary and Poland, populist leaders continued to consolidate power by uprooting democratic institutions and intimidating critics in civil society.

This is not the first time Freedom House has criticized Hungary. In last year’s publication, The False Promise of Populism, it describes processes in Hungary as part of a global “populist assault on democracy".

Hungary is also featured on the list of most dramatic declines, being the only country FH rates as free in the “top" group.

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