I’m with you 100% on what you said. Regrettably, as a US citizen I have zero influence over the actions of the EU members and whatever decision making machinery they use to decide on taking such actions as you suggest. I will gladly pass along your comments to my representatives in Congress and urge them to do some arm-twisting at their next European smooze-fest, should such an opportunity arise. Meanwhile I await more installments and will try to swallow my anger long enough to read and digest what you have to tell me.
I did a quick read through most of your first installment on Hungary, but had to stop, as your account of how Orban and Fidesz crushed Hungarian freedoms got me all worked up. Plus, so much tiresome right-wing whinging about how horrible liberal democracies are and how badly they treat dictatorships, all the while the empowered elites are grifting on EU subsidies. What a horrible bunch!
What I'd really like to know is, what steps "we" (the liberal democracies of "the West") can take to push Orban and his gang out of power and into prison (or at least, into exile in Putin's Russia or other dictator-friendly places). My first step would be to lobby the US State Department to withhold a visa for any of the Fidesz crew -- no more cozying up with the CPAC gang!
On the more general subject of presidents seizing power, Peru's president just dissolved Congress.
https://elcomercio.pe/politica/en-vivo-pedro-castillo-brinda-mensaje-a-la-nacion-vacancia-cuestion-de-confianza-congreso-destitucion-noticia/
I’m with you 100% on what you said. Regrettably, as a US citizen I have zero influence over the actions of the EU members and whatever decision making machinery they use to decide on taking such actions as you suggest. I will gladly pass along your comments to my representatives in Congress and urge them to do some arm-twisting at their next European smooze-fest, should such an opportunity arise. Meanwhile I await more installments and will try to swallow my anger long enough to read and digest what you have to tell me.
I did a quick read through most of your first installment on Hungary, but had to stop, as your account of how Orban and Fidesz crushed Hungarian freedoms got me all worked up. Plus, so much tiresome right-wing whinging about how horrible liberal democracies are and how badly they treat dictatorships, all the while the empowered elites are grifting on EU subsidies. What a horrible bunch!
What I'd really like to know is, what steps "we" (the liberal democracies of "the West") can take to push Orban and his gang out of power and into prison (or at least, into exile in Putin's Russia or other dictator-friendly places). My first step would be to lobby the US State Department to withhold a visa for any of the Fidesz crew -- no more cozying up with the CPAC gang!