One of the highlights of Hungary's EU presidency was the launching of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies. But a closer look at the situation of the Hungarian Roma provides an alarming picture.
The only electoral promise Fidesz has fulfilled has been the “restoration of order”, through a myriad of laws, decrees and regulations, a particularly harsh new Penal Code and several new organizations.
The Orban regime combines the extreme centralization of economic assets and the monopolization of power in a single party that intends to dominate every aspect of social and private life, turning citizens into subjects.
