How many crises can local governments absorb? (Project summary) 1 Jul 2023 The collaborative research project of K-Monitor, Oživení (Czechia), Sieć Obywatelska Watchdog Polska (Poland) and Funky Citizens (Romania) started in July 2021 and has concluded now after 2 years of work. The main objective of the project was to better understand how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected local democracy and municipalism in Central and Eastern Europe and to disseminate lessons learned on how to enhance democratic resilience.
Political Online Campaigns in Central Europe: Wild and Waiting for the Regulation 30 Jun 2023 K-Monitor and its partners released the report “Making political finance and advertisement in the Visegrad region more transparent”, supported by the Visegrad Fund. The study maps shortcomings and unfair practices in the field of paid online political advertising in the Central European region.
Selected recommendations by CSOs for Hungary in the Article 7(1) TEU procedure 24 May 2023 On 30 May, there will be yet another hearing in the Council in relation to Hungary in the framework of the procedure under Article 7(1) TEU that is aimed at determining whether there is a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values the EU is founded on.
LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN THE CROSSHAIRS: AN OVERLOOKED FRONT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY 1 Mar 2023 Our new regional research report highlights how the more lasting effects of the pandemic have manifested through changing legislation, municipalities’ access to funding, transparency and accessibility of local decision-making.
THE SUMMARY OF K-MONITOR'S ACTIVITIES IN 2022 23 Jan 2023 There was plenty for the corruption watchdog K-Monitor to do!
Conditionality mechanism: NGO assessment of remedial measures 18 Nov 2022 With the 19 November deadline given to the Hungarian government to enact the remedial measures it committed to in the framework of the conditionality mechanism nearing, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, K-Monitor and Transparency International Hungary prepared a new joint analysis on the matter.
Half-Hearted Promises, Disappointing Delivery 7 Oct 2022 An Assessment of the Hungarian Government’s New Measures to Protect the EU Budget and Related Recommendations
FIDESZ TO HOLLOW OUT THE HUNGARIAN LAW ON MPS’ ASSET DECLARATION 4 Jul 2022 Although the Hungarian law on MPs’ asset declaration has long been criticized by many for inefficiency, the Hungarian public has often been left stunned by the wealth of the political elite revealed in asset declarations. Now, Fidesz MPs submitted a bill that plans to disperse the last safeguards that serves some transparency of the wealth of politicians.
ELECTION CAMPAIGN: THE HUNGARIAN STATE IN ACTION 19 Apr 2022 After a 50-day official campaign period, general elections were held in Hungary on 3 April, and FIDESZ, in government since 2010, won a supermajority for the fourth time. The election results are hardly surprising given the government's gravity in campaigning.
Orban’s Fidesz has likely overspent in Hungary’s election campaign 31 Mar 2022 Fidesz itself seems to have violated the spending cap of HUF 1.177 bn, just with its billboard ads worth HUF 1.4 bn. Altogether pro-government forces have spent HUF 3bn on outdoor ads in March.
