Hungarians Protest Their Leader by the Tens of Thousands
Bielefeld University said that Free country, free university!
Central European University, a school founded by the American financier George Soros, could be forced to leave Hungary after
a bill passed last week in Parliament by Mr. Orban’s Fidesz party set stringent new conditions under which it must operate.
The United States State Department will send diplomats to Budapest next week to address the crisis, said Mr.
Ignatieff, who spent several days in Washington to lobby the government, lawmakers and the news media.
By REUTERSAPRIL 9, 2017
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarians rose up on Sunday in one of the largest protests against the seven-year rule of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, dismayed by legislation
that could force one of Hungary’s top international universities out of the country.
Michael Ignatieff, the rector of Central European University, has said the school will continue operations as normal.
The bill has led to criticism from hundreds of leading academics worldwide, as well as from the United States government and the European Union.
