Hungary Could Use Migrant Crisis for Internal Crackdown

Opposition Hungarian lawmakers and former senior officials say the country's populist, right-wing government may use the broad, executive powers granted to deal with the migrant crisis as a pretext to erode the rule of law and crack down on its political rivals. On Friday, Hungary again extended a state of emergency, putting six counties along its southern border with Serbia and Croatia – or about one-third of the country – under a series of tough, new laws that have seen authorities...

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