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Soros-affiliated university quits Hungary
Central European University is first major university to be pushed out of an EU country
The first case of a major university being pushed out of an EU country.
CEU had given the Hungarian government until 1 December to sign an agreement that would give it a legal basis to operate in Hungary. Despite international pressure and the intervention of the US ambassador, the government made it clear it would not sign.
The Hungarian parliament has enacted legislation known as the Stop Soros laws.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ted-central-european-university-quits-hungary
George Soros-Founded University Is Forced Out of Hungary
“C.E.U. has been forced out,” said Michael Ignatieff, the president of the university. “This is unprecedented. A U.S. institution has been driven out of a country that is a NATO ally. A European institution has been ousted from a member state of the E.U.”
Thousands had marched in support of the institution, and for the past week hundreds of people have occupied Kossuth Square on the banks of the Danube, where the Parliament building is situated. Many held signs directed at Mr. Orban. “Even Voldemort didn’t kick Hogwarts out,” one placard read.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/world/europe/soros-hungary-central-european-university.html
The university, which has dual accreditation in Hungary and the United States, has enjoyed robust, bipartisan backing in Congress, where members expressed concern about the threat to academic freedom and the precedent of a U.S. institution being kicked out by an American ally.
But last week, after it became clear that there would be no deal, Cornstein (U.S. Ambassador to Budapest David B. Cornstein) broke with previous U.S. policy on the matter. In the half-hour interview, he refused to criticize Orban - whom he described as his "friend" - and accused Soros of being insufficiently acquiescent to the government. (The university complied with requests.)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/University-founded-by-George-Soros-says-it-has-13438864.php
Soros-founded university says it has been kicked out of Hungary as an autocrat tightens his grip
December 3, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.aa698a2131a9
Central European University is first major university to be pushed out of an EU country
The first case of a major university being pushed out of an EU country.
CEU had given the Hungarian government until 1 December to sign an agreement that would give it a legal basis to operate in Hungary. Despite international pressure and the intervention of the US ambassador, the government made it clear it would not sign.
The Hungarian parliament has enacted legislation known as the Stop Soros laws.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ted-central-european-university-quits-hungary
George Soros-Founded University Is Forced Out of Hungary
“C.E.U. has been forced out,” said Michael Ignatieff, the president of the university. “This is unprecedented. A U.S. institution has been driven out of a country that is a NATO ally. A European institution has been ousted from a member state of the E.U.”
Thousands had marched in support of the institution, and for the past week hundreds of people have occupied Kossuth Square on the banks of the Danube, where the Parliament building is situated. Many held signs directed at Mr. Orban. “Even Voldemort didn’t kick Hogwarts out,” one placard read.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/world/europe/soros-hungary-central-european-university.html
The university, which has dual accreditation in Hungary and the United States, has enjoyed robust, bipartisan backing in Congress, where members expressed concern about the threat to academic freedom and the precedent of a U.S. institution being kicked out by an American ally.
But last week, after it became clear that there would be no deal, Cornstein (U.S. Ambassador to Budapest David B. Cornstein) broke with previous U.S. policy on the matter. In the half-hour interview, he refused to criticize Orban - whom he described as his "friend" - and accused Soros of being insufficiently acquiescent to the government. (The university complied with requests.)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/University-founded-by-George-Soros-says-it-has-13438864.php
Soros-founded university says it has been kicked out of Hungary as an autocrat tightens his grip
December 3, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.aa698a2131a9