nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200127-230141-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200127s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200127-230141-0 doi eng 342 23 Bárd, Petra Author aut The Hungarian “Lex NGO” before the CJEU: Calling an Abuse of State Power by its Name Bárd, Petra Verfassungsblog 2020-01-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 European Charter of Fundamental Rights Illiberal Democracy Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-hungarian-lex-ngo-before-the-cjeu-calling-an-abuse-of-state-power-by-its-name/ raw object