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Hungary declares a state of emergency due to war in Ukraine. Pro-Kremlin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video message that the war posed a threat to Hungary's security, the financial sector and energy supplies. The state of emergency will take effect at midnight and will give Budapest “room to maneuver and the ability to react immediately.”

Orbán can now continue to govern with almost unlimited power. He has the power to approve measures by decree without parliamentary oversight. With the new state of emergency, the government can "react immediately and protect Hungary and Hungarian families in all possible ways," Orbán said.

"The government has once again changed the rules of the game to suit its own needs," writes Emese Pásztor of the Hungarian Union for Civil Liberties. "It will become the new normal, which threatens the fundamental rights of all of us."