L’Union européenne donne un ultimatum à la Hongrie

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European Union Gives Hungary an Ultimatum

[The New York Times]

Faced with what critics say is an alarming drift away from democracy by one of its members, the European Union gave the Hungarian government a final warning Wednesday that it would face the start of formal legal action by next Tuesday unless it modified a series of measures that threaten the balance of power in the country.

The unprecedented warning by the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, came in response to the passage of a new Constitution and a number of laws at the end of last year that remove checks and balances on the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban in areas like central banking, the judiciary and the media. In addition, Olli Rehn, the European Union commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, warned separately that Hungary faced the possible suspension of valuable European Union development assistance unless it did more to control its budget deficit.
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