13. Is there a ban on the use of state resources in favour or against a political party or candidate?

Hungary

Hungary

Answer
No
Source

Parliamentary Elections, 8 April 2018 ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report

https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/hungary/385959?download=true

Comment

Referring to OSCE/ODIHR Final Report on Parliamentary Elections 2018, there were many instance of use of admin resources."The ubiquitous overlap between government information and ruling coalition campaigns, and other abuses of administrative resources, blurred the line between state and party, at odds with OSCE commitments." Thus even they recommended that in order to level the playing field, steps should be taken to separate government administration and party campaigning, including by adopting legislation that would define and explicitly prohibit the abuse of administrative resources in a campaign

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