http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200127-230141-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-hungarian-lex-ngo-before-the-cjeu-calling-an-abuse-of-state-power-by-its-name/ The Hungarian “Lex NGO” before the CJEU: Calling an Abuse of State Power by its Name Bárd, Petra eng 2020-01-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 European Charter of Fundamental Rights Illiberal Democracy Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 On 14 January 2020, Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered his Opinion in Case C-78/18 on the restrictions incorporated into a 2017 Hungarian law on the financing of NGOs from abroad. He makes clear that Hungary’s “Lex NGO” not only restricts the free movement of capital but also violates several fundamental rights, and is therefore incompatible with EU law.