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anti-Semitic right-wingers in charge of the New Theatre, a move that provoked widespread
protest.
Under Tarlós the city has certainly been spruced up. Streets and major junctions have been
made more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly, the gleaming new metro line is running smoothly
and
restoration projects
have transformed public buildings from the Music Academy to the
Várkert Bazár. In some ways, however, the city has been sanitised - a law in 2013 banned the
homeless from the streets of the city centre and
ruin bars
are now seen as cash cows rather
than counter culture. That said, there is an undeniable buzz about the place as the economy
sparks to life together with a palpable political edginess as Hungarians remain deeply di-
vided.
