Hungary – Voting in the primary elections organized by six Hungarian opposition parties – DK, Jobbik, LMP, Momentum, MSZP, and Párbeszéd – to choose joint candidates both for the post of Prime Minister and in each of the 106 constituencies began on…
Hungary – Parallel to the opposition’s primary for the spring 2022 parliamentary elections, a “Forum for Building Sustainable Democracies” organised by the city of Budapest and Central European University (CEU) took place in Hungary’s capital on 16-17 September. This conference brought together…
Poland/European Union – It is an understatement to say that relations between Brussels and Warsaw have not been very good for the last several years. Many issues (“LGBT rights” and reforms of the judiciary in particular) pit the Polish government, led by…
European Union – Pursuing its policy of standardising the EU and establishing “LGBT rights” in all Member States to create a more “rainbow-coloured Europe”, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on 13 September calling on the European Commission to take action to…
Belarus/Poland – On Sunday, 12 September, Makary Malachowski, a Belarusian opposition figure who had fled to Poland on a humanitarian visa, was arrested by the Polish police in the town of Piaseczno, in the southern part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. He…
Poland/Germany – With the next Bundestag elections less than two weeks away, Angela Merkel, who is not running this time after having led Germany for almost 16 years – only three months less than her mentor, Helmut Kohl – is now bidding…
Poland/England – Some footballers have been known to roll around on the ground screaming in pain when an opponent has only inadvertently grazed them, but in the England team they prefer to cry racism.
Previous case in Budapest in early September
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Central Europe – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš played host to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger at Lednice Castle near Břeclav in southern Moravia on Tuesday, September 7. The risk of a new migration crisis was on…
Czechia/Lithuania – Being faced, similarly to Poland, with a migration crisis provoked by the Belarusian authorities, Lithuania has undertaken – like its southern neighbour – to build a border fence. The Central European and V4 countries, including the Czech Republic, stand in solidarity…
Slovakia – After a short half-day visit to Hungary for the closure of the International Eucharistic Congress on Sunday 12 September, during which Pope Francis will meet, among others, with Hungarian President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the Museum…
Germany/Hungary – The German parliamentary elections will take place in less than three weeks, on 26 September, and will most probably lead to significant changes in the political landscape, with opinion polls looking disastrous for the CDU, now led by centrist politician…
Slovenia/European Union – The traditional annual Bled Strategic Forum, held in the Bled tourist resort in the Slovenian Alps, took place from 31 August to 2 September. It is a conference whose aim is to debate the future of Europe. This year,…