Shrinking Spaces in Hungary and Poland

The author wrote that the EU could do far more to support civil society activists and nongovernmental organisations that have come under increasing pressure from the governments in Warsaw and Budapest.

• Primary Source

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 30.01.18: The Legacy of Enlargement in Central Europe http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/75380?lang=en

ESO: Background information: Row over anti-Soros campaign (Euro|Topics: Debates, July 2017, et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/row-over-anti-soros-campaign/

Deutsche Welle, 01.10.17: Poland: Bringing NGOs into the government fold? http://p.dw.com/p/2l3dD

The Conversation, 04.01.18: Europe’s illiberal states: why Hungary and Poland are turning away from constitutional democracy https://theconversation.com/europes-illiberal-states-why-hungary-and-poland-are-turning-away-from-constitutional-democracy-89622

ECFR: Commentary, 13.04.18: Orbán 3.0: What to expect next http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_orban_3.0_what_to_expect_next

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