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At the event held at Kossuth Lajos Square in front of Parliament, speakers from the Democratic Coalition (DK), Momentum, the Socialist Party and Parbeszed criticised Orbán’s rule, as well as a pardon granted by outgoing President Katalin Novák to the deputy head of a children’s home convicted of covering up child abuse. The protests are the latest in a series engulfing the Hungarian leader, who is facing the greatest political crisis of his 14-year premiership. Novák and former Justice Minister Judit Varga stepped down earlier this month after it was revealed a man who covered up child sexual …

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