The history of the events of the establishment of the Orbán regime supports the thesis that it is not only a theoretical prerequisite that is evoked from time to time, but also an experimental fact that just as a liberal democracy cannot exist without freedom of the press, in the same way, illiberal states, authoritarian or (semi-)dictatorial regimes cannot exist, subsist without a strong restriction of the freedom of ideas, expression and the press. Although multifactorial analyses are not useless, it can be concluded that this marker alone is sufficient to classify political systems.
The study is available at the following link: http://ekint.org/lib/documents/1613467129-EKINT_Liquidation_of_Freedom_of_Expression_and_of_The_Press_The_Hungarian_Case_.pdf
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László Majtényi’s essay in Élet és Irodalom on 2 Februar 2018.
Its real purpose is to silence members of civil society who are critical of the Government.
Only availabe in Hungarian.
