nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/245bf597e44d538c DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250521s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/245bf597e44d538c doi eng 342 23 Uitz, Renáta Author aut A Threat to the Core - Why the New Hungarian Transparency Bill is an Attack on the Foundations of the European Union Uitz, Renáta Verfassungsblog 2025-05-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Backsliding Fidesz Orban Retrogression Sovereignty Protection Office Transparency Bill Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/hungary-transparency-law-foreign-funding/ raw object