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The Czech Elections: Implications for Visegrád and the EU

Michael O'Shea October 28, 2021

Czechia – In a theme familiar to many in the West, polling predictions failed dramatically as Czechia held its lower-house elections on October 8-9. This time it worked against the populists, as the outcome was poor for incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Babiš…

News

Turów may be bad for the environment, but so is Jänschwalde

The Editorial Board October 25, 2021

Poland/Czech Republic – The Czech-Polish negotiations over the Turów open-pit mine do not seem to be leading to an amicable solution as quickly as Poland would like. After announcing – somewhat hastily – on 25 May that he had reached an agreement…

Interviews

Marion Maréchal in Warsaw: “The cultural and educational battle is for the long term”

Olivier Bault October 17, 2021

Interview with Marion Maréchal, CEO of the Institute of Social, Economic and Political Sciences (ISSEP) in Lyon and a central figure among the French conservative right: “Collegium Intermarium and ISSEP wanted to create a small island of resistance, a sanctuary in which…

Magyar Nemzet

Zemmour: This is the “era of the struggle for civilization between Islam and Christianity”

Partenaire October 2, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 30 September 2021. The United States of Europe is “the illusion of Euro-maniacs who are destroying sovereign nations without at least creating a sovereign Europe in its place” – said Éric Zemmour,…

News

Babiš and Orbán: we want higher birth rates, not immigration

The Editorial Board September 30, 2021

Hungary – The Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who attended the Demographic Summit in the Hungarian capital on 23 September, spoke out in favour of policies favouring higher birth rates and against the recourse to immigration as in Western Europe. From left…

News

Viktor Orbán: the state must protect the family and children

The Editorial Board September 27, 2021

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán welcomed the participants of the 4th Demographic Summit on Thursday, which took place in Budapest on 23–24 September. In his opening speech, Orbán spoke about the place of the family and children in society. Shaping…

Politics

Crisis in relations between Poland and Czech Republic after ECJ decision on Turów mine

Olivier Bault September 25, 2021

Poland/Czechia – Rather than fostering an agreement between Poland and the Czech Republic, the decision by the ECJ’s Spanish vice-president to impose a daily penalty payment of €500,000 on Warsaw until it closes its lignite mine in Turów, near the Czech border,…

News

Babiš in Hungary: The Czech Republic will not accept migrants

The Editorial Board September 24, 2021

Czech Republic/Hungary – On a visit to Hungary on 22 and 23 September, where he attended the 4th Budapest Demographic Summit together with a number of European political figures, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš went to Röszke, on the Serbian-Hungarian border, to…

Society

Child benefits alone will not reverse the population decline in Hungary and Poland, as the examples of Germany and France show

Olivier Bault November 12, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally published on Kurier.plus by the Felczak Institute of Polish–Hungarian Cooperation. Central Europe - Budapest hosted its third demographic summit on September 5–6, attended by representatives from several Central European governments, including Czech PM Andrej Babiš,…