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'Age-old customs, I learned, could be broken down by a dramatic appeal, disseminated by the network of media. Of course the taboo was not destroyed com...

Elections under fire March 7, 2021 German legal philosopher Carl Schmitt’s book ‘Legality and Legitimacy’, published in 1932 as the Weimer Republic crumbled towards its end, turned out to be one of the most consequential works of jurisprudence of the last century. For Schmitt, parliamentary democracy was inherently a compromise-ridden structure of dispersed sovereignty that delivered hollow legality. Parliamentary majorities and super-majorities cobbled together by reaching out in compromise across political divides resulted in self-serving interest groups stifling the undiluted expre...

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Hungarian Opinion: Mainstream Media Takes On The Capitol Hill Riots BudaPost The leading dailies of the Right and Left both blame the Capitol Hill siege primarily on President Trump. Magyar Nemzet’s Levente Sitkei interprets the siege of the Capitol as a cocktail of popular revolt against corrupt elites and violent rampage. The pro-government commentator acknowledges that President Trump has massive responsibility for the events, but adds that political elites in general are blameworthy for not clarifying what he calls the half-truths over the alleged election fraud...

Hungarian Press Roundup: Takes on the Capitol Hill Riots The leading dailies of the Right and Left both blame the Capitol Hill siege primarily on President Trump. Meanwhile, two conservative commentators agree that the Capitol Hill siege marks the end of Donald Trump’s political career. They also accuse President Trump of weakening institutions and helping the Left into power. Hungarian press roundup by budapost.eu Following the shocking events that unfolded as Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesday, many leading Hungarian politicians have sha...