At last, a backlash against bad government in Eastern Europe
The EU’s battles with Poland and an opposition alliance in Hungary are overdue signs of change
CORRUPTION, AUTOCRACY, overbearing government—these were the perils many hoped eastern Europe was escaping when its fledgling democracies joined the European Union in the early 2000s. Instead, the rest of Europe now worries, the eastern members have simply smuggled these vices into the EU.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “An October revolution”
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