Defending the Open Society against its Enemies - The Court of Justice’s ruling in C-78/18 Commission v Hungary (transparency of associations)
Bárd, Petra
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Grogan, Joelle
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Pech, Laurent
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2020
Verfassungsblog
2020-06-22
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On 18 June 2020, in the case of Commission v Hungary (Transparency of associations), the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice held that Hungarian authorities “introduced discriminatory and unjustified restrictions on foreign donations to civil society organisations” when it adopted a new legislation on NGO in 2017. How will the Hungarian government react? Six potential scenarios can be outlined from not doing anything (scenario 1) – an unlikely option due to the threat of pecuniary sanctions – to full and good faith compliance with the judgment resulting in the total repeal of the Lex NGO (scenario 6) – equally unlikely. Between these two, four additional ones may be foreseen.
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Bárd, Petra
CJEU
Infringement Procedure
NGOs
Viktor Orbán
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https://verfassungsblog.de/defending-the-open-society-against-its-enemies/
Verfassungsblog
2366-7044
Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
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