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László Bogár: “They will have to unite the German, Italian and French budgets, otherwise the euro will fall” – 1/2

Modeste Schwartz January 28, 2019

Interview with László Bogár, economist and university professor, former MP and former State Secretary of Hungary, publicist: "They will have to unite the German, Italian and French budgets, otherwise the euro will fall." Part 1/2. At the end of November 2018, Raoul…

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Jarosław Gowin: “Western Europe Is Still Imbued With Biases And Misconceptions Regarding Countries Like Poland”

Ferenc Almássy January 25, 2019

Interview with the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Higher Education Jarosław Gowin, former Minister of Justice: "Western Europe, for its part, is still impregnated with biases and misconceptions regarding countries like Poland". Poland - Jarosław Gowin has been minister…

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Jacek Saryusz-Wolski: “The Visegrad Group Demonstrates to Western Europe that an Other Way is Possible”

Olivier Bault January 23, 2019

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Member of the European Parliament : "The Visegrad Group demonstrates to Western Europe that an other way is possible". In November 2018, as the Visegrád Post covered the 100th anniversary of the recovery of Poland's independence, Olivier Bault met with Jacek…

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Modeste Schwartz: “Banning Me, One Further Step Towards Romania’s Re-Morphing into a Police State”

Ferenc Almássy November 4, 2018

Hungary - Phone interview with Modeste Schwartz, graduate of the French elite school ENS-Ulm, linguist, translator, author, publicist and author for the Visegrád Post and other websites: "Banning me, one further step towards Romania’s re-morphing into a police state". At the end…

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Max Ferrari: “The League wants to cooperate with Fidesz and Law and Justice”

Ferenc Almássy November 3, 2018

Interview conducted by Olivier Bault for the magazine Do Rzeczy : “Italy closer to the V4?” An interview with Max Ferrari, journalist, international affairs expert for the Italian party Lega, and advisor to the President of the Region of Lombardy,…

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András Bencsik: “The main question is, can we save our sovereignty or not? This is the main question.”

The Editorial Board April 8, 2018

Hungary, Budapest - Interview with András Bencsik, Editor-in-Chief of the pro-governmental weekly Magyar Demokrata: "The main question is, can we save our sovereignty or not? This is the main question." This interview was conducted at the beginning of February 2018.…

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Péter Márki-Zay: “My hope would be for a technocrat government”

Nicolas de Lamberterie April 6, 2018

Hungary - Péter Marki-Zay: " My hope would be for a technocrat government, a managing government, whose primary purpose would be to restore democracy, freedom of the press, the state of law, the market economy, and the commitment to European integration. " …

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M. Szymanowski: “The Visegrád Group is the symbol of a successful transition following the fall of communism”

The Editorial Board December 21, 2017

Poland, Warsaw - Interview with Maciej Szymanowski, Polish historian and diplomat, adviser for International Affairs to the Marshal of the Polish Sejm, V4 specialist: "The Visegrád Group is the symbol of a successful transition following the fall of communism". In mid-November, Ferenc…

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G. Tóth: “We will see a strong Europe, with the help of Chinese investments”

Ferenc Almássy December 15, 2017

Hungary, Budapest - Interview with Gábor Tóth, President of the world's first V4 - China association, Gateway to Europe : "We will see a strong Europe, with the help of Chinese investments. " Early December, Ferenc Almássy met with Gábor Tóth, the President of the…

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N. Starikov: “Western politicians should have established a belt of independent Central European states”

Ferenc Almássy December 9, 2017

Romania, Timișoara - Interview with Nikolai Starikov, Russian writer, opinion journalist, social activist and a co-chairman of Great Fatherland Party: "If Western politicians were really worried about the possibility of war breakout and would want to avoid it, they would have established a belt of…

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L. Kövér: “We would like to take the European Union in the opposite direction to the one the Commission wants for a few years now”

Ferenc Almássy December 3, 2017

Hungary - Interview with the Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly, László Kövér: "We would like to take the European Union in the opposite direction to the one the Commission wants for few years now." On the occasion of an informal summit…

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A. Petria: “Romania would have everything to gain by joining the Visegrád Group”

Modeste Schwartz November 22, 2017

Romania - Alexandru Petria, Romanian poet, prose writer and journalist : “Romania would have everything to gain by joining the Visegrád Group”. Modeste Schwartz wrote to Alexandru Petria; the two authors are used to be provocative elements on the Romanian internet, and Petria…