www.zerohedge.com BY TYLER DURDEN
Hours after taking total control of Hungary by pushing through a constitutional amendment allowing his government to rule by decree when war breaks out in a neighboring country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared a wartime state of emergency.
According to Bloomberg, Parliament approved the state of emergency earlier Tuesday which will take effect at midnight. It will give Orban’s government “maneuvering room and the ability to react immediately” to the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine, Orban said in a Facebook video message.
Bloomberg, of course, paints it as a victory for “the banner carrier for nationalists worldwide.”
The move comes after Orban told US right-wing celebrities last week at an event in Budapest, which included a video message from former President Donald Trump, that the recipe for wielding full power over a nation requires building your own media and institutions. And, above all, ditching established political norms to âplay by our own rules.â
