http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/245bf597e44d538c https://verfassungsblog.de/hungary-transparency-law-foreign-funding/ A Threat to the Core - Why the New Hungarian Transparency Bill is an Attack on the Foundations of the European Union Uitz, Renáta eng 2025-05-21 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Backsliding Fidesz Orban Retrogression Sovereignty Protection Office Transparency Bill Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On May 13, 2025, just before midnight, a FIDESZ deputy tabled a new bill before the Hungarian Parliament. The bill seeks to enhance “sovereignty protection measures” by introducing sweeping transparency instruments targeting foreign-funded interference in Hungarian public life. These restrictions purposefully shrink civic space further, roll back protections of fundamental rights and impair the functioning of constitutional democracy in a retrogressive fashion. When adopted, Hungary’s constitutional order will fundamentally regress from the state that existed at the time of its accession to the European Union.