Hungarians Protest Their Leader by the Tens of Thousands<br />Bielefeld University said that Free country, free university!<br />Central European University, a school founded by the American financier George Soros, could be forced to leave Hungary after<br />a bill passed last week in Parliament by Mr. Orban’s Fidesz party set stringent new conditions under which it must operate.<br />The United States State Department will send diplomats to Budapest next week to address the crisis, said Mr.<br />Ignatieff, who spent several days in Washington to lobby the government, lawmakers and the news media.<br />By REUTERSAPRIL 9, 2017<br />BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarians rose up on Sunday in one of the largest protests against the seven-year rule of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, dismayed by legislation<br />that could force one of Hungary’s top international universities out of the country.<br />Michael Ignatieff, the rector of Central European University, has said the school will continue operations as normal.<br />The bill has led to criticism from hundreds of leading academics worldwide, as well as from the United States government and the European Union.
