On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 2:34 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If anyone has some local/regional/national news to
share on this month's
EU policy monitoring report, please let me know!
More anti-NGO legislation planned in Hungary: the ruling party proposed new
legislation (the "Stop Soros" package) on organizations supporting
migration (defined as providing any kind of support, including creating or
distributing information materials, to people entering Hungary with the aim
of receiving international protection, or providing monetary support to an
organization doing that). Such organizations would be required to get a
permit and pay an extra 25% tax on foreign funds; the government can deny
the permit in case they see the activity as detrimental to national
security (purely educational or humanitarian work is declared to not be
detrimental). Organizations supporting refugees without a permit can be
fined or dissolved.
The proposed law (in Hungarian):
https://1207650410.rsc.cdn77.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/19776-1.pdf
News article by EU Observer:
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/140990