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Zoltan Kovacs - Hungarian Minister of State for Government Communication

Zoltan Kovacs - Hungarian Minister of State for Government Communication

The Interview vor 14 Jahren

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Hungary's Government Communication Minister, Zoltán Kovács.

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Hungary's centre-right government has galvanized critics at home
and abroad with its new controversial constitution.

There have been mass protests in the country, opposition
politicians have chained themselves to gates outside public
buildings, and the prime minister, Viktor Orban, has been dubbed
Viktator.

The EU, IMF and the US have rebuked the Hungarian government over
its changes to election rules, the central bank and the
judiciary, warning they will erode democracy and entrench
one-party rule.

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Hungary's Government Communication
Minister, Zoltán Kovács.

His government says the reforms are necessary to modernise the
Hungarian state.

But with the country badly in need of a $20bn international
bailout - is it about to perform a U-turn and back down?