Another right wing government strikes: Hungarian police swoop on foreign NGOs

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The Fidesz government in European Union member Hungary again falls under international scrutiny with a series of crackdowns against civic organisations funded by non-EU Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein.

Budapest accuses the foundation of using funds illegally, and of being ‘problematic because of political ties with the left’.

The crackdowns sharpen concern that core democratic values are under threat in Hungary.

The crackdowns sparked peaceful demonstrations against the government in Budapest at the weekend, and a message by Twitter from European Parliament President Martin Schulz, calling the “raids in Hungary deeply worrying”, adding that “dissenting voices (are what) keep society vibrant, (and) this crackdown goes in (the) opposite direction.”

http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/17/hungarian-police-swoop-on-foreign-ngos/

Gotta watch out for those liberals from Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein.

...‘problematic because of political ties with the left’.

Anything that supports civic involvement and democracy likely would be viewed by Hungary's right wing government as "problematic because of political ties to the left."