Zoltan Kovacs: Is the EU facing its first de facto dictatorship?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's State Secretary for International Communication, Zoltan Kovacs. Has the Covid-19 pandemic ushered in the EU鈥檚 first de facto dictatorship?
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted governments around the world to take emergency measures. Liberties have been restricted in the name of safeguarding public health, but no European nation has gone further than Hungary in the embrace of authoritarianism. In Hungary, democracy has in effect been suspended indefinitely. Stephen Sackur interviews the country鈥檚 State Secretary for International Communication, Zoltan Kovacs. Has Covid-19 ushered in the EU鈥檚 first de facto dictatorship?
(Photo: Zoltan Kovacs via video link)
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