The EU explicitly said that kicking Orbán out was a precondition for EU money into Hungary. Is this not interference in elections? Not saying it’s a bad thing necessarily, Orban was a piece of shit, but you’re not aware of the facts if you don’t believe there have been massive economic interests against Orban.
But Orban and the Fidesz party had a stranglehold on Hungarian media, which is what we’re talking about:
Fidesz, the ruling party, directly or indirectly controls about 80 percent of the entire media market. The government has systematically obstructed the few remaining independent media outlets, placing their continued existence in grave jeopardy.
The EU explicitly said that kicking Orbán out was a precondition for EU money into Hungary. Is this not interference in elections? Not saying it’s a bad thing necessarily, Orban was a piece of shit, but you’re not aware of the facts if you don’t believe there have been massive economic interests against Orban.
But Orban and the Fidesz party had a stranglehold on Hungarian media, which is what we’re talking about:
https://euobserver.com/203675/how-orban-systematically-suffocated-the-hungarian-media-over-the-past-15-years/