BRUSSELS—The European Union’s executive branch is ramping up its defense against critics, taking an unusually firm stand against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over his “Stop Brussels” campaign and moves against foreign-funded universities and nongovernmental organizations. The European Commission Wednesday took legal action against the Hungarian government in response to its recently adopted law targeting the U.S.-funded Central European University in Budapest. The commission said the law, which obliges CEU to...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 26, 2017 12:56 UTC