The Hungarian Academy of Science is going to court to prevent a series of reforms in its administration that could result in Prime Minister Viktor Orban installing loyalists on its board.
A controversial bill to restructure the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is expected to face challenges before the country’s Supreme Court, according to the MTA.
The new research network, called the Eotvos Lorand Research Network, will also be able to use the MTA’s property with compensation, Hungarian news site Index reports. The move is the latest in a line of decisions that have called Hungary’s academic freedom into question, critics say.Hungary has been ruled by Orban and his Fidesz party since they swept into power in 2010 following a massive corruption scandal within the opposition Socialist party.
Soros has been depicted by Hungarian government as a sort of “liberal boogeyman” working with Brussels to encourage immigration to Europe in recent campaigns. Detractors have called these campaigns “anti-Semitic”, as Soros is Jewish. This, coupled with plans to privatise state universities and initial proposals to change the MTA, led to widespread protests in late 2018. Szabad Egytetem, a grassroots organisation that formed in 2018 in response to what organisers felt were the Hungarian government’s moves against academic freedom, was at the forefront of the movement.
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