Hungary replaces Lex NGO with Act XLIX of 2021 after the CJEU loss
On 18 May 2021 the National Assembly adopted Act XLIX of 2021 on the transparency of organisations carrying out activities capable of influencing public life, after the Court of Justice had struck Act LXXVI of 2017. In the causal graph this event strengthens Illiberal state capture in Hungary, a driver that weakens Access to justice index — a worsening welfare path.
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On 18 May 2021 the National Assembly adopted Act XLIX of 2021 on the transparency of organisations carrying out activities capable of influencing public life, after the Court of Justice had struck Act LXXVI of 2017. Critics said the replacement kept a stigma-and-audit channel against civic groups. This Fact is that dated replacement statute. It is not the 2017 Lex NGO taken alone, not Stop Soros, and not a personality. Official text sits in the National Legal Database; Amnesty International's contemporaneous file is the independent record.
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What changed
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- FactHungary replaces Lex NGO with Act XLIX of 2021 after the CJEU loss
- strengthensDriverIlliberal state capture in Hungary
- weakensIndicators (6)Access to justice index
impact weight 0.55 · Effect from 18 May 2021 · verified
Replacing a CJEU-struck NGO stigma statute with a new audit lock is the civic-space sequel of Stop Soros.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.62 score from 0 to 1 · 0.25 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.37 score from 0 to 1 to 0.62 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.62 score from 0 to 1 · 0.23 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.35 score from 0 to 1 to 0.62 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
All indicators on this path (6)
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.57 index score (0-1) · 0.23 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.5 index score (0-1) to 0.57 index score (0-1).
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.3)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- FactHungary replaces Lex NGO with Act XLIX of 2021 after the CJEU loss
- strengthensDriverIlliberal state capture in Hungary
- weakensIndicatorAccess to justice index
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Factrail. (2026). Hungary replaces Lex NGO with Act XLIX of 2021 after the CJEU loss. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-lex-ngo-replacement-2021
https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-lex-ngo-replacement-2021
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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