As Hungary prepares for parliamentary elections on 12 April, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party maintains tight control over much of the country’s media – and concerns are mounting over how free and fair the vote can be.
RFI spoke with Marius Dragomir, director of the Media and Journalism Research Centre at Spain's University of Santiago de Compostela. Dragomir, an expert on media freedom in Central and Eastern Europe, says that while Hungary’s elections may meet formal standards, the flow of information is heavily skewed by years of government propaganda and control.
