Letter to head of Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights comes amid fears over democracy standards
A cross-party group of MEPs has called for a large-scale election observation mission to Hungary, citing fears about democratic standards.
Hungarians go to the polls on 3 April in parliamentary elections that will decide the fate of the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Orbán, whose last 12 years in office have seen tighter executive control over courts, a withering of independent media and widespread concerns about corruption and cronyism.
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