Judgement In, Damage Done in Hungary

Click to expand Image People in Budapest protest a draft law targeting Central European University, Hungary, April 4, 2017. © Lydia Gall/Human Rights Watch The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) last week ruled the Hungarian government’s 2017 law on higher education violated European Union law. The law put onerous requirements on all foreign universities that operate in Hungary but so obviously targeted the Central European University (CEU) that it was dubbed “Lex CEU.” Though welcome, the ruling starkly demonstrates the limits of the EU response to the systemic rule of law…

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