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This week, Hungary's government passed a law that will radically transform how its universities are run.

It was billed in Parliament as the biggest reform to Hungary's higher education system in decades. The government claimed the change was to restore

Hungary's universities and stop their decline. In truth, it fits a troubling wider pattern in the

country,

which its leader proudly calls an illiberal democracy.

The Hungarian government has turned over its 11 main state universities to a series of foundations which are going to be controlled by the ruling party,

the Fidesz party, which is a right-wing populist party run by Prime Minister Victor Orban.

Matt Steinglass is our Europe correspondent.

And at this stage, they have essentially seized control over every major institution in society.

They already had control of government, obviously,

the electoral system, the courts, the media, and this means that they're now in control of higher

education as well. And it's unclear whether any subsequent government is going to be able to

take it back from them. So how exactly will this handover work?

The universities have been placed under the control of public foundations,

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