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Against the background of a serious economic crisis whose consequences are primarily having an impact on citizens’ standard of living, we are witnessing an alarming erosion of respect for democratic principles in the EU. The not-too-distant past has shown us the danger that arises when these two factors come together: poverty caused by recession and nationalist tendencies. European history still bears the burden of totalitarian regimes whose actions recklessly crushed people’s destinies. The European project, founded on democracy, the rule of law and the protection of fundamental rights, is being undermined in Hungary by the recent decisions adopted by the government to amend the constitution arbitrarily. A state which claims to be democratic cannot curb fundamental freedoms, cannot gag the press and cannot restrict the independence of the central bank. Unfortunately, Hungary is not the only state where the government is violating citizens’ rights. In Romania, thousands of people are currently out in the streets protesting against the abuses and incompetence of the Băsescu regime and to protect their constitutional right to elect their leaders by a free vote during early elections, at a time when the current government no longer represents them. It is the European institutions’ duty to punish such abuses severely to avoid history repeating itself."@en1
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