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There is country devolving into an autocratic regime within the EU (Hungary), and the EU doesn’t seem to be doing much about it.

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There are two, Hungary and Poland, and they have each other's back. EU laws weren't designed to be resilient against two failing countries at the same time, so everything would have to be rethought, and we're notoriously slow and bureaucratic. I'm sure the pandemic didn't help either.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/16/eu-hungary-vet...

If you think that Belarus is close to being as autocratic as Hungary (it isn't) and then you think that Hungary is nearly as autocratic as Poland (which is far from the truth as well), then it's time that you learn more about these countries.

Belarus is probably as autocratic as Russia. Hungary significantly less so. Poland is significantly less autocratic than Hungary.

As a Pole, I don't support the current Polish government, but putting Belarus, Hungary, and Poland into one basket simply feels wrong.

It's patently ridiculous, especially taking the context into consideration (persecution of opposition).

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