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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · 11d

That HU disrupts the functioning of the EU’s internal market comes as no surprise, nor that it manages state aid schemes flawlessly to the benefit of foreign companies. But that NL investments lend their support to Orbán’s authoritarian regime becomes undeniable when reading this @fd.nl analysis

Het Financieele Dagblad @fd.nl · 13d

Hoe Hongarije met EU-geld industrie wegtrekt uit Nederland

Na Apollo Vredestein sloot recent ook fietsenfabrikant Accell zijn fabriek in Nederland. Beide bedrijven verplaatsen hun productie naar Hongarije. Maar waarom uitgerekend dt autoritair geleide land

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · 12d

Slovakia in the footsteps of Hungary: new constitutional amendments impose binary gender, restrict adoption to heterosexual couples, and ban surrogacy, a major step backwards for rights in the EU. #RuleOfLaw #LGBTIQ #Slovakia

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12d

Slovakia’s parliament amended its constitution today to state that all citizens are either male or female, limit adoption to married heterosexual couples and ban surrogacy.

Slovakia enshrines 2 genders in constitution

Fico government’s controversial move sets up clash with EU law.

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · 15d

The end of a rules-based economic order in sight, time to wake up for the neolib-stuck competition community

Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Jul 8

In other words, #Ecofin today gives lesson No.1. in EU law and integration to HU: respect market mechanisms and protect "undistored competition"in the internal market.

Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · Jul 8

#Ecofin today adopted recommendations to #Hungary:
✔️Phase out remaining price and interest-rate caps, and equivalent measures
✔️Wind down the emergency energy support measures
✔️Avoid arbitrary administrative interventions providing undue advantage or disadvantage to specific companies 🧵

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Jul 8

you could delete your post and repost without my name

, but if it doesn't work then it doesn't

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Jul 8

I think you wanted to tag someone else, not me. Could you pls delete my name from your post?

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Jun 29

Double nationality has never felt more meaningful than seeing A'dam mayor Femke Halsema and the Dutch ambassador front row on stage at #BudapestPride yesterday
photo Istvan Huszti @telexhu.bsky.social

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Jun 28

#BudapestPride #LoveisLove #Freedomcannotbebanned

telex.hu/belfold/2025...

Csordultig tele az Erzsébet híd, a menet vége még mindig a Deák téren

Azért változtattak a meneten, mert a Szabadság hidat a Mi Hazánk foglalta el. Zajlik a 30. Budapest Pride – igaz, most Budapesti Büszkeség néven, önkormányzati rendezvényként. A rendőrség szerint ők m...

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · May 22

Hungary’s New “Transparency” bill to Eliminate All Dissent
The draft bill targets civil society and independent media by labeling them as foreign-influenced threats, imposing punitive restrictions. This is not a threat—it’s a calculated move to erase dissent from the HU public sphere.

Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social · May 22

Read how the mechanics and the impact of the 'Starve and Strangle law', a new bill in the 🇭🇺 parliament, would silence independent voices, civil society and media.
We urge EU institutions and member states, the Council of Europe and the OSCE to act.
Our briefing note ➡️ helsinki.hu/en/operation...

Operation Starve and Strangle: companies, independent media and civil society in a chokehold - Hungarian Helsinki Committee

A new proposal for a law would allow the Hungarian government to blacklist a broad range of for-profit and non-profit entities, severely limiting their ability to operate. Hungarian civil society orga...

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · May 17

What can, and should a national competition authority analyse in case of a media merger, this time in the Netherlands concenring the planned merger between DPG/RTL.
#mediaplurality #ruleoflaw #competitionlaw www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

‘Bij het toetsen van mediafusies loopt Nederland aan tegen een democratisch tekort’, zegt jurist Kati Cseres

Kati Cseres | Universitair hoofddocent Europees recht: De consumentenwaakhond ACM heeft geen wettelijk mandaat om te toetsen of DPG’s overname van RTL de pluriformiteit van het medialandschap in Neder...

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social · May 15

A dark turn in Hungary’s democracy erosion: disguised as a transparency measure to prevent sovereignty threats, the Bill on the Transparency of Public Life aims to starve and strangle civil society, independent media and any legal entity the government decides to target. helsinki.hu/en/operation...

Operation Starve and Strangle: Hungary’s proposed “Transparency” Law threatens core European democratic values and attacks independent civil society and media organisations - Hungarian Helsinki Commit...

A new legislative proposal marks a turning point in Hungary's erosion of democratic norms. Disguised as a transparency measure to prevent sovereignty threats, the Bill on the Transparency of Public Li...

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · May 14

"Good morning Russia, Fidesz’s spring clean-up bill has arrived" — Telex.hu on HU’s new law enabling the Office for Protection of Sovereignty label foreign-funded organizations as threats to HU's sovereignty, severely restricting their work. telex.hu

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Apr 28

You can find the original text of the complaint and the ecopnomic study at Magyar Hang's website: hang.hu/info/stateme...

Statement

Alhambra Press, jointly with another Hungarian media company, file a State aid complaint against Hungary.

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Apr 28

📢 State aid complaint filed against Hungary over distorted media markets through state advertising.
Today Magyar Hang filed a State aid complaint with the European Commission, concerning HU gov's advertising practicesin HU media markets.
#StateAid #MediaFreedom #Hungary
hang.hu/info/stateme...

Statement

Alhambra Press, jointly with another Hungarian media company, file a State aid complaint against Hungary.

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · Apr 23

Attention scientists! The Trump plan to institute Schedule F would destroy expert peer review by permitting politically appointed officials to interfere in grant decisions. Object by clicking on the green "public comment" link here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

www.federalregister.gov

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 31

"America’s Future Is Hungary"
a must read by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Mar 31

What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary?
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Hungarian Model

MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

www.theatlantic.com

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 25

Interesting parallel with Hungary who just implemented this possibility in its Basic Law. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Hungary threatens to expel dual nationals in 'defend sovereignty' push

The proposed amendment of the Hungarian constitution could result in the expulsion of Hungarians who hold nationalities from other countries if the government sees them as a danger to sovereignty. #Eu...

www.euronews.com

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 25

Hungary finally arising against what should be all's concern: banning Pride today is banning the freedom of assembly to all of us tomorrow. Downtown Budapest now protesting against the law banning pride telex.hu/belfold/2025...

Megtelt a Ferenciek tere a Pride betiltása miatt szervezett tüntetésen

Hadházy Ákos független képviselő kedd késő délutánra tüntetést hirdetett Budapest belvárosába. A beszédek kezdete előtt a környék autós forgalma megbénult, a tüntetők a Szabad sajtó útján is állnak, a...

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 18

Today Hungarian Parliament voted to ban Pride events.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Huge crowd is now protesting on the streets in Budapest.
444.hu/2025/03/18/a...

Hungary bans Pride events and plans to use facial recognition to target attenders

Amnesty International describes legislation as ‘full-frontal attack’ on country’s LGBTQ+ community

www.theguardian.com

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 15

and I am no Péter Magyar fan, but his speech was excellent today telex.hu/english/2025...

Magyar announces 12-point referendum of his own

In the Tisza Party's survey, all Hungarians over the age of 16 will be able to express what kind of country they would like to see after Orbán's regime. Magyar also spoke about the main points of his ...

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 15

#jesuispoloska
(poloska=in ENG>bug) telex.hu/english/2025...

Bugs – Orbán's term for judges, journalists, politicians and civic activists he says are funded from abroad

The Hungarian Prime Minister used a stronger term than ever to describe judges, civic activists, independent journalists and opposition politicians in his speech on 15 March. He also spoke about the b...

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 12

well, and a few of us with double nationality, too ;)

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 12

also not unimportant: "The family relationship is based on marriage and the parent-child relationship. You are either a man or a woman. The father is male, the mother is female."
telex.hu/belfold/2025...

Benyújtotta a Fidesz az Alaptörvény 15. módosítását

A módosítás szerint a férfi és női nemet ismernék el, alkotmányba foglalnák a kábítószertilalmat és alkotmányos alapjoggá tennék a készpénzes fizetést.

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 12

Here is 15th(!) amendment HU Basic law: Nobody can be deprived of their HU citizenship
"The citizenship of a HU citizen who is also a citizen of another state, with theexception of a citizen of a state with the right of freemovement and residence, may be suspended for a limited period of time."

Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 11

Can a country expel its own citizens? In the draft new amendments to HU's Basic Law, Fidesz lead targets Hungarians with dual citizenship, "if his or her activities threaten the national sovereignty, public order, territorial integrity or security of Hungary." 444.hu/2025/03/09/a...

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Kati Cseres @katicseres.bsky.social · Mar 11

it is right to say they have not thought about it in any reasonable manner, as they want to target usual suspects, NGOs and ind media. But isn't it the best fit for those Russians who acquired HU citizenship lately?

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