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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “State Of The Nation” Address – FULL SPEECH

The Editorial Board February 11, 2019

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “State of the Nation” address 10 February 2019, Budapest [Former] President of the Republic, [former] Prime Minister, Mr. Speaker, Mayor of Budapest, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to see you here again. I am always…

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Czech President Proposes Austria To Join The V4

The Editorial Board February 10, 2019

By the editorial board. Czechia - Miloš Zeman wants to strengthen cooperation between the countries of the Visegrád Group (V4) and Austria. The tenant of the Hradchin spoke on Czech TV channel TV Barrandov on January 24 about the Franco-German couple that is…

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Immigration: Merkel Finally Agrees With The Visegrad Group

The Editorial Board February 8, 2019

Slovakia, Bratislava - On this Thursday, February 7, 2019, leaders of the Visegrád Group (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary) gathered in Bratislava for a summit, along with a special guest: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. And on the issue of immigration, the V4 seems…

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Brexit Seen from Central Europe: Worst Possible Outcome Now More Likely

Olivier Bault February 6, 2019

Article originally published on Kurier.plus Central Europe - With a little over two months left before the deadline for Brexit, Britons and their fellow Europeans still do not know on what conditions the UK will leave the EU, and even whether it will…

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The Assassination of the Mayor of Gdańsk and the Hypocrisy of the Liberals

Olivier Bault January 26, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally published in the French daily paper Présent. Poland – As we might have expected it, the Liberals and particularly the ones of the Civic Platform (PO) of Donald Tusk, did not even waited until the…

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2019 European Parliament Elections: Chess Game in Central Europe

The Editorial Board January 16, 2019

By the editorial board. What will the European Parliament look like after the elections of May 26? Chess game in Central Europe, Salvini's activism, repositioning of Western European populists, consequences of Brexit and questions about Fidesz and ANO. The meeting between…

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Is Hungary in a Crisis?

Ferenc Almássy January 6, 2019

By Ferenc Almássy. Hungary - A series of demonstrations have taken place in Hungary opposing its conservative Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán. Its trigger was a vote in Parliament approving changes to the labor laws. Both the Hungarian and the foreign media who…

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The “Western League”: One Last Stand-up Comedy Routine of the Romanian Deep State?

Modeste Schwartz January 4, 2019

By Raoul Weiss. Romania - While Paris burns, the news of recent weeks in Romania has been dominated by a theme that, viewed from abroad, looks a bit exotic: the mayors of the four largest cities in the west of the country…

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Romania Plagued by the Yellow Caps Movement

Modeste Schwartz December 10, 2018

By Raoul Weiss. Romania - A photograph (reproduced above) is currently going viral on the Romanian web (for example here, under the sharp pen of the very knowledgeable blogger Bogdan Tiberiu Iacob). We see President Klaus Johannis, on the official tribune of…

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Orbán forces George Soros’ CEU to stop issuing US diplomas in Hungary

The Editorial Board December 4, 2018

Hungary - The Central European University, founded on the initiative of George Soros, will no longer be permitted to issue American diplomas in Hungary. A new victory for the illiberal Viktor Orbán, while the liberal opposition is anxious. In a frontal opposition…

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Eight years after the Smolensk disaster, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe urges Russia to return wreck and black boxes to Poland

Olivier Bault November 29, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Article originally published in French on Réinformation TV on October 17, 2018. Poland - Adopted on 12 October by representatives of 46 countries, the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly's Resolution 2246 (2018) calls on Russia to return to Poland…

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PiS and Fidesz youths meet at Krasiczyn Castle, Poland

Olivier Bault November 29, 2018

Poland - The Polish-Hungarian Cooperation Institute Wacław Felczak organized a "Polish-Hungarian School of Leaders" from 22 to 25 November at Krasiczyn Castle in south-eastern Poland. These leaders are young people linked to the ruling PiS (Poland) and ruling Fidesz (Hungary) who are…