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<div>BRUSSELS - Authoritarian-minded leaders around the world have
used the coronavirus emergency to consolidate power. In Europe, the
governments of Poland and Hungary have done that and more. They have
managed to turn the crisis into a windfall and punish their political
opponents, too.<br>
In a hasty effort to show that it was doing something to help during
the virus crisis, the European Union repurposed 37 billion euros -
about $40 billion - in structural aid funds, designed to help newer
and poorer members, for virus aid. The result: Hungary and Poland each
got considerably more money than virus-ravaged Italy or Spain.</div>
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