You Hungary, readers?
"Thousands protest Hungary's media law" Associated Press / March 15, 2011
BUDAPEST, Hungary—Tens of thousands of people on Tuesday protested Hungary's new media law, which critics fear will be used to restrict press freedoms despite recent amendments to make it compatible with European Union rules.
Organizers said the event was Hungary's largest protest by civic groups since the 1989 start of the democratic process that ended the communist regime.
The media law -- which greatly expands state oversight of print and Internet media and centralizes state media news production, as well as permits large fines -- was amended by Hungarian lawmakers last week after objections from the EU....
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"Hungary OK’s conservative constitution" April 19, 2011|Associated Press
BUDAPEST — Hungarian lawmakers approved a socially and fiscally conservative new constitution yesterday that was blasted by rights groups and the political opposition for measures including a ban on gay marriage and protection of the life of a fetus from conception.
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Looks as if they are the same everywhere.
Conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the constitution will allow the former communist country to complete a transition to democracy and move to an era of sound finances and clean government after years of mismanagement.
I'm beginning to think that is impossible.
A clean government? Sound finances with a central bank?
Financial analysts have praised provisions meant to push the state deficit below 50 percent of the gross domestic product — from above 80 percent now. The constitution also allows only companies with transparent activities and ownership structures to bid for government contracts.
Hungary’s political opposition and human rights groups say other measures are attempts to limit freedoms.
The constitution protects the life of a fetus from the moment of conception, a move seen as opening the possibility for future restrictions on abortion.
Same-sex couples may legally register their partnerships but marriage is restricted to heterosexual relationships.
Other sections limit the powers of the Constitutional Court and the head of the National Bank of Hungary and tie the modification of tax and pension laws to a two-thirds majority.
Now THAT is something WORTH LOOKING AT -- which is why the bankster's paper moves along.
Orban’s Fidesz party and its much smaller ally, the Christian Democrats, won a two-thirds parliamentary majority in April 2010, an unassailable majority that has allowed the government to push through legislation practically at will.
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I'm stuffed.
Also see: Hungarian man, 96, charged with war crimes
I'm hungry for war crimes charges against Bush, Bliar, and a long list of Israeli leaders. I guess that explains the gnawing pangs of famine regarding those issues.
