https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-rule-of-law-european-parliament-brands-hungary-as-no-longer-a-democracy/

"European Parliament brands Hungary as ‘no longer a democracy’
Lili Bayer, Camille Gijs

Hungary can no longer be considered a democracy, and European values are under systemic threat in the country, the European Parliament declared in a report adopted on Thursday.

At this point, the report concluded, Hungary has become an “electoral autocracy.”

The motion — which passed with 433 votes in favor, 123 against and 28 abstentions — represents yet another symbolic reprimand from the EU institutions toward Hungary, which has faced years of opprobrium over rule-of-law concerns. But Parliament’s move is unlikely to lead to any specific punishment.
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On Friday, September 16, 2022 at 2:42:03 PM UTC, ltlee1 wrote:
> https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-rule-of-law-european-parliament-brands-hungary-as-no-longer-a-democracy/
>
> "European Parliament brands Hungary as ‘no longer a democracy’
> Lili Bayer, Camille Gijs
>
> Hungary can no longer be considered a democracy, and European values are under systemic threat in the country, the European Parliament declared in a report adopted on Thursday.
>
> At this point, the report concluded, Hungary has become an “electoral autocracy.”
>
> The motion — which passed with 433 votes in favor, 123 against and 28 abstentions — represents yet another symbolic reprimand from the EU institutions toward Hungary, which has faced years of opprobrium over rule-of-law concerns. But Parliament’s move is unlikely to lead to any specific punishment.
> ..."

1. The EU Parliamentary report which branded Hungary as no longer a democracy but an
electoral autocracy is a first in debunking the myth that democratic politics such as
election will automatically render a political system a kind of democracy.

2. The European Parliament can certainly brand any of its member states as a democracy
or not a democracy according to EU criteria. Does it make EU standard of democracy a
universal standard for nations outside of the EU?