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Hungary Passes Laws Curtailing Gay Rights and Expanding Executive Power The legislation allows Prime Minister Viktor Orban to further consolidate power while eroding civil liberties. It also makes it harder to scrutinize how the government spends public funds. Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in Brussels last week.Credit...Pool photo by John Thys By Benjamin Novak Dec. 15, 2020 BUDAPEST — The Hungarian Parliament passed a raft of sweeping measures on Tuesday that curtail the rights of g...

Print this article The Hungarian Parliament passed a tranche of laws on Tuesday that further consolidates power in the executive branch and effectively bans gay couples from adopting children. Among the laws passed was a constitutional amendment, the ninth amendment since the constitution was ratified in 2011, that greatly reduces oversight on government spending and makes it easier for the prime minister to declare a state of emergency. The Hungarian law reduces and generalizes the six const...