We've discussed separated powers in some of our introductory lecture and mentioned that a major concern of the framers of the constitution was that these separated powers would become concentrated, generally at the hands of an ambitious office holder. The internal design of each institution is, according to Madison, designed to ensure that the ambitions in one institution would be checked by those in another.
Apparently Hungary lacks such a design. The current government has embarked on a series of institutional changes that grant it control over all governing institutions, in addition to the media. Critics see this as a step towards autocratic rule.
