The sudden tax on advertising threatens the existence of independent Polish media outlets, their editors said. The government has called allegations that the closure is part of a government crackdown on press freedom "a fiction" and part of the anti-Orbán agenda of the mainstream liberal media. But, of course, you are not going to hear about these violations from liberal media outlets, simply because it would not fit their anti-Orbán agenda. Hungary's actions against Soros's university were ruled illegal under EU law as was its forced early retirement of judges. The school was deemed illegal because it was incorporated in the U.S., a ruling that the European Court of Justice later found violated EU law.

Source: CBC News February 14, 2021 09:00 UTC