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Poland: Unsurprising Victory of the Christian Conservatives of the PiS

The Editorial Board October 15, 2019

Poland - Sunday, October 13, 2019, Poland held parliamentary elections. The Law and Justice Party, PiS, won the victory unsurprisingly, extending its mandate for four years. Proportional voting for the Diet - Polish Parliament - and one-round majority for the Senate was…

Politics

Hungary’s Local Elections: a Sour Victory for Orbán

The Editorial Board October 14, 2019

Hungary - Sunday, October 13, residents of Hungary voted to elect their mayors and municipal or county councilors. If Viktor Orbán's Fidesz won the vote on the national scale, it lost the capital city, Budapest. A turning point in the reign of…

Interviews

Norbert van Handel: “The M7, gathering the V4 and Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, must speak with one voice”

The Editorial Board September 25, 2019

Austria - Interview with Baron Norbert van Handel: "The M7 (i.e., Mitteleuropa 7), these countries of Christian and conservative essence, must move closer within the EU to correct the course, otherwise they will sink into a multicultural European whirlwind. The M7 must…

Culture

Hungarians and the Warsaw Uprising

The Editorial Board September 3, 2019

By Marcin Bąk. Originally published on Kurier.plus. Poland - Of the many brotherly pages in Polish-Hungarian relations, one of the brightest is the attitude of the Hungarian army during the heroic 63 days of fighting in Warsaw in 1944. Warsaw and Poles…

Politics

Orbán’s full speech at Tusványos: political philosophy, upcoming crisis and projects for the next 15 years

The Editorial Board July 29, 2019

By the editorial board. Hungary - Each year, Viktor Orbán holds a speech of political philosophy at the summer camp of Bálványos in Transylvania - a region formerly Hungarian, of which many parts are still inhabited by a majority of Hungarians, and…

Politics

Orbán’s answers to EPP letter

The Editorial Board June 18, 2019

By the editorial board. Hungary - After a long confrontation between Viktor Orbán and the EPP leaders, and following the European elections, Viktor Orbán had to answer questions from the "Wise Men" of the EPP. You can read the questions of the…

Politics

The V4 is united and ready ahead of next Brussels Summit

The Editorial Board June 16, 2019

By the editorial board. Visegrád Group - On Thursday, June 13, 2019, the Hungarian, Slovak, Czech and Polish Prime Ministers met in Budapest to jointly prepare for the Brussels summit on June 20 and 21. They announced at the end of the…

Politics

Overview of the European Parliament Elections Results in the V4

The Editorial Board May 27, 2019

By the editorial board of the Visegrád Post. Visegrád Group - As everywhere else in the European Union, turnout in the European election has been low in the V4 countries. However, in each of the four countries of the Visegrád Group, the…

Politics

Project28: the Results of the European-wide Survey Revealed

The Editorial Board May 14, 2019

By the Visegrád Post Editorial Staff Hungary - Less than two weeks ahead of the European elections of May 26, the political research institute of Századvég revealed on Tuesday, 2019, May 14, the results of its annual European-wide survey. For the occasion, a conference…

Politics

Orbán Drops Weber

The Editorial Board May 6, 2019

By the Visegrád Post Editorial Staff. Hungary - The saga of Fidesz and the EPP has seen a turning point on Monday, May 6, 2019: three weeks ahead of the European elections, the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received in Budapest the…

Politics

Jobbik: A Brief History of a Political 180

The Editorial Board May 5, 2019

By the Visegrád Post Editorial Staff Hungary - Long considered the most radical parliamentary party in Europe, over the course of only a few years, Jobbik has morphed into a centrist and pro-European Union party, completely abandoning its former radical rhetoric opposing…

Politics

Viktor Orbán Introduces his Programme for the EU Elections – FULL SPEECH

The Editorial Board April 7, 2019

Speech by Viktor Orbán at the launch event for the Fidesz – KDNP European Parliament election programme 5 April 2019, Budapest Good afternoon,Ladies and Gentlemen, As I see it I’m the odd one out, because the people who’ve spoken before me are experts…