Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:39:50 +0200https://english.radio.cz/democracy-deficit-hungarys-polarised-political-environment-8606492© 2026 Radio Prague International An "intensely polarised political environment" - is how the 2007 Freedom House report describes the Hungarian situation. It says Hungary is an electoral democracy and puts the country in the top category as far as political rights and civil liberties are concerned. However, the report finds two issues, the political fight between government and opposition for power - and deep-rooted corruption - as causes for major concern and gave these as reasons for marking Hungary down on the democracy index. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/demonstrace1_5.jpg?timestamp=1591403642 https://english.radio.cz/democracy-deficit-hungarys-polarised-political-environment-8606492 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9