Democratic Backsliding in Czech Republic and Hungary:A comparative case study of the democratic backslide in Czech Republic and Hungary

Sammanfattning: The enlargement of the EU towards the CEE pointed and leaned towards democratization. Two of the countries that were on the path of democratization was the Czech Republic and Hungary. However, as time has gone by Czech Republic and Hungary that once were on the path of democratization has now suffered a Democratic Backslide. Czech Republic with Andrej Babiš as Prime Minister followed by Viktor Orban in Hungary and his party Fidesz have been the two main reasons for the Democratic Backslide for each country, within the formal and informal sectors and institutions. My analysis centres on these two countries to analyze why and how this backslide has happened, but also to answer the question of why Czech Republic has gotten away with their backslide whilst Hungary has not. This text uses Democratic backslide and Competetive Authoritarianism as a theoretical framework. Orban and Fidesz democratic backslide has mostly been acute in the formal sector. In Czech Republic it has been within the Informal sectors and institutions.