Hungary Tests the E.U.’s Norms

For Hungary, still seeking national accord on what constitutes democracy, and for Europe, still uncertain how to treat governments deemed to have strayed from European Union norms, Monday produced a symbolic moment in the annals of protecting civil rights.

On a state visit to Germany, President Janos Ader of Hungary visited a prison in Berlin where East Germany’s dreaded secret police, the Stasi, held thousands of political prisoners, including some of the harshest critics of the now defunct Communist regime.

The New York Times