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| Hungary police detain opposition MPs in chain protest | |
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| Hungarian police have broken up a demonstration by green liberal opposition MPs who chained themselves together outside parliament. | |
| Former Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany was among several MPs detained by police at the scene in Budapest, Reuters news agency says. | Former Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany was among several MPs detained by police at the scene in Budapest, Reuters news agency says. |
| The LMP party activists were blocking the parliament's car park, trying to prevent MPs entering, reports say. | The LMP party activists were blocking the parliament's car park, trying to prevent MPs entering, reports say. |
| Key laws on elections, taxation and the central bank are set to be adopted. | Key laws on elections, taxation and the central bank are set to be adopted. |
| The parliament is dominated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling centre-right Fidesz party. | |
| The European Commission, European Central Bank and credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) have voiced fears that Mr Orban's planned reforms of the Hungarian central bank could undermine its independence. | |
| The parliament approved several government-proposed changes to the central bank bill on Friday to address the criticisms, Reuters reports. It is set to become law next week. | |
| S&P downgraded the country's debt to junk status on Thursday. | |
| The LMP protesters are also angry about Mr Orban's new election law, which they say will give Fidesz an advantage. | |
| "One day before Christmas the governing party passes a host of laws in stealth, each of which individually presents a serious danger to democracy," an LMP spokeswoman told the AFP news agency. |