BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban secured extra powers to fight the coronavirus with an open-ended mandate on Monday after parliament passed a law submitted by his government with a strong majority of the ruling Fidesz party.
Orban, who has gradually increased his power during his decade in office, has asked for an extension of a state of emergency that would give his nationalist government the right to pass decrees to handle the coronavirus crisis.
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