The problem of campaign financing has dogged Hungarian democracy for two decades. Fidesz' planned reforms will hardly solve any of the problems. Instead, to further the governing parties' edge in 2014, they will create new ones. While the bill slightly increases financing and brings it an inch closer to the real needs of a modern campaign, it cuts parties off from other key funds during election years, putting them at the mercy of the oligarchy.
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