Hunglish.orgHungary as a model of political rationality and stability? After considering the recent fates of Greece, Portugal and Great Britain, Hungary starts to look pretty good...
Written by Scott Savoie
With Greece in the depths of political and financial chaos and Portugal waiting in the wings, it seems Hungary has weathered the scare that began over a year ago.
Hungary received massive IMF loans that righted its sagging currency and seems to have stabilized the economy. Though it’s unclear how much of that money found its way into numbered Swiss accounts and whether or not any of those funds will be available to the incoming government but for the time being, it appears as though the Hungarians are among Europe’s most solvent.
Talk to members of the outgoing governement if you need to borrow some cash.
England, meanwhile, had a disaster of a parliamentry election in which there was no clear winner and no clear rules as to what to do. Hungary’s fledgeling democracy had a similiar situation in which their constitution calls for something called a “runoff election.”
Again, by comparison, Hungary looks fairly stable.
Given enough time, the British will surely come up a system for governing themselves, too. Perhaps delegations from Serbia, Iran, Pakistan and the Sudan could patrol the streets of London until a democracy can be established there.
UN peacekeepers could douse the crowds with water cannons...