European Parliament says Hungary is no longer a 'full democracy'

Hungary is no longer a "full democracy" and the EU needs to do everything to bring it back into line with European values, the European Parliament said Thursday.

MEPs voted 433 in favour, 123 against, to now describe Hungary - ruled by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who maintains close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin - "a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy" in "serious breach" of EU democratic n