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Peter Magyar wants to use his supermajority to make a clean break with the past, and sweep away what he calls the legacy of Orban‘s authoritarian rule.
He has vowed to dismantle what he calls the entrenched, illiberal system Orban built, going as far as changing the constitution to do so.
The president may yet find support from the Supreme Court, but does this run the risk of opening the door to governments rewriting the rules when it suits them? Analyst Kim Lane Scheppele joins to ask: is this the break with the past Hungarian voters hoped for – or a threat to the rule of law?
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