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Sandor Zsiros

Confrontation ahead: EU Commission demands that Hungary withdraws draft transparency law

The European Commission has demanded that Hungary withdraw a controversial draft law aiming to limit foreign funding of NGO's and media organisations in a fresh political campaign against foreign interference.

Critics fear the draft Hungarian bill titled "Transparency of Public Life”, which was tabled in the Budapest parliament on 13 May, would offer the Hungarian government sweeping powers to crack down on the press and critical voices in civil society.

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