For months critics of the government’s more drastic measures have predicted that Fidesz will draw fire from the EU. While there has been some subdued criticism even before, it was the media law that finally unleashed a torrent of scathing international attacks, often referring not only to the media regulations themselves, but extending to all of the government’s more controversial acts in the past half a year. The reasons underlying these denunciations are often more complex than the media law in itself. We explored some of these reasons in our analysis and tried to put the controversy in context. 

Policy Solutions' analysis on the international criticism of the media law can be downloaded from here.