- summary
- Civil society branded the Transparency of Public Life bill 'Operation Starve and Strangle'. Over 320 organisations called on the European Commission to act, and the bill sparked mass protests. The vote expected in mid-June 2025 was postponed amid internal Fidesz dissent and EU pressure, and the bill disappeared from parliament's agenda.
- country
- Hungary
- date text
- June 2025
- campaign id
- HUN-CAMP-003
- civic actions
- Joint open letters to the European Commission; mass protests; public campaign naming the bill.
- id
- CR-HUN-008
- incident id
- HUN-012
- notes
- Researched and added Sep 24 2026.
- outcome
- Bill dropped
- responders
- 320+ civil society organisations (joint letter); protesters; HHC, TI Hungary, Átlátszó, Amnesty Hungary
- source
- https://www.icj.org/eu-icj-and-over-320-organisations-call-for-urgent-action-against-hungarys-repressive-transparency-of-public-life-bill/; https://www.idea.int/democracytracker/report/hungary/may-2025; https://balkaninsight.com/2026/06/30/hungary-shutters-orban-backed-office-accused-of-targeting-media-ngos/
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