{"id":"HUN-003","notes":"Passed within one week. CJEU ruling 2020 came too late; CEU relocated 2019. TC-47 adjacent — institutional dismantlement via regulatory mechanism.","country":"Hungary","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"Human Rights First: Eroding Democratic Institutions Hungary 2017; ECF/Okotars 2025"}],"summary":"Parliament fast-tracked amendment to Higher Education Act (Lex CEU) within days requiring foreign universities operating in Hungary to also maintain an accredited campus in home country. Provisions designed exclusively to target Soros-founded CEU. CEU given deadline it could not meet; after years of legal challenge it relocated to Vienna (2019). CJEU ruled Lex CEU violated EU law (2020), but CEU had already departed.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-18","role":"primary","label":"Legislative Operationalization","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-35","role":"secondary","label":"Institutional CSO Exclusion","needs_review":false}],"version":2,"channels":["Parliament"],"entities":[{"id":827,"name":"Fidesz parliamentary majority","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government"},{"id":828,"name":"Central European University (CEU, Budapest)","role":"target","entity_type":"Academic Institution"}],"date_text":"04/2017","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":6,"harm_track":"Track 3 — Operational Suppression","narratives":[{"code":"NF-01","role":"primary","label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","needs_review":false},{"code":"LEGACY-N-517b41c3bd56","role":"secondary","label":"Sovereignty / National Interest","needs_review":true}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T23:55:13.813809+00:00","occurred_on":"2017-04-01","campaign_ids":["HUN-CAMP-001"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":["CR-HUN-002"],"trigger_type":"TR-08: Proactive / Ambient","campaign_phase":"Phase 3: Amplification","civic_response":"Mass 'Free Country, Free University' protests; CEU's legal challenge; European Commission infringement procedure. | Outcome (see Civic Responses CR-HUN-002): 70-80,000 protested (9 April 2017); EU Court ruled Lex CEU illegal (C-66/18, 6 October 2020), but CEU had already moved to Vienna.","date_precision":"month","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Operational Suppression","institutional_consequence":"Physical displacement of flagship civic education institution from Hungary"}