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Viktor Orbán to former Slovak prime minister: making the V4 the equal of France and Germany in the EU

The Editorial Board May 21, 2021

Samizdat No. 7. - Viktor Orbán's response to Mikuláš Dzurinda Mikuláš Dzurinda refuses the idea I proposed in an interview with postoj.sk, on how the V4 countries need to work toward transforming the European Union’s German-French axis into a three-pillar, power center…

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PiS presents its post-pandemic program

Olivier Bault May 19, 2021

Some malicious voices say that this is already an election program, just in case early elections have to be called. The new government program presented last weekend at the national convention of the Law and Justice party (PiS) was, however, also signed…

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Europe and the “Great Game” of the 21st century

David Engels May 18, 2021

A few days ago, the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán refused to sign one of the EU’s mundane “declarations of concern” concerning the human rights situation in Hong Kong. This provoked the standard outcry from Western media outlets that saw this refusal…

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Viktor Orbán at the Porto Social Summit

The Editorial Board May 16, 2021

Remarks of Viktor Orbán before the Summit Porto, 7 th May 2021 Thank you very much for providing us chance to talk to you anyway. I just would like to share some of my experiences. You know, I have been Prime Minister…

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Donald Tusk’s former party sinking into crisis, caught in trap of “total opposition” strategy against PiS

Olivier Bault May 14, 2021

Poland – The abstention of the Civic Coalition (KO) in the Sejm vote on the European Recovery Plan ratification law seems to have accentuated the deepening identity crisis experienced by the main partner in this coalition of liberals and greens: the Civic…

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Conservative journalist banned from television for criticizing Polish government’s anti-Covid policy

Olivier Bault May 13, 2021

Is it still permissible in Poland to criticize the government’s policy against the Covid-19 pandemic? One may have doubts, after public television suspended conservative journalist Jan Pospieszalski’s program Warto Rozmawiać (“It’s worth talking”) following the discussions held on April 12. The speakers,…

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Matovic, Babis, Orbán…

Partenaire May 10, 2021

This article has been published online by Moszkvatér on April 25, 2021. With the return of the United States, Central Europe is once again caught in the crossfire of Russian versus US interests. The Slovakian and subsequently the Czech examples show that…

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The future of the European right

Partenaire April 30, 2021

This article has been published online by XXI Század Intézet on April 26, 2021. European politics has been vegetating in the shadow of the competing superpowers since World War II. Germany (apparently) gave up on being Europe’s leading cultural and military power,…

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PiS to adopt EU recovery plan without coalition partner’s support but with help of The Left

Olivier Bault April 30, 2021

Poland – On Tuesday, commentators close to both the government and the opposition seemed to agree: the PiS-led United Right coalition will survive until the next parliamentary elections in 2023. An agreement had been reached between the coalition partners on a new…

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EU Stimulus Package: Hungary plays the Commission’s game

Yann Caspar April 26, 2021

Hungary – EU member states have until 30 April to submit a plan for the usage of the 672.5 billion Euros that the Commission is going to levy from the financial markets during the next four years. This levy, entitled “Recovery and…

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The battle for world domination

The Editorial Board April 21, 2021

Article originally published on Látószög, on March 18, 2021. Instead of the “end of history” a period of sharp geopolitical struggles and a new Cold War is coming. The historical dynamics of globalization We can only consider a true global order from…

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What does Moscow believe in? Russian conservatism is not necessarily the same as Western conservatism

Partenaire April 17, 2021

Article published in the Polish liberal-conservative weekly Do Rzeczy No. 13/418 of March 29. The Kremlin presents itself as the global defender of traditional values. This is not without good reason, but the claim is based on different values than those of a…