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George Soros’ foundation is leaving Budapest

The Editorial Board April 19, 2018

Hungary - According to the leading Austrian newspaper Die Presse, Patrick Gaspard, President of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), which was created and is led by George Soros, said the OSF would leave Budapest to move to Berlin. The information has been confirmed…

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Poland: the right wing coalition lead by the PiS is looking for a second wind

Olivier Bault April 19, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Poland will soon enter a new cycle of elections that will be inaugurated in October-November with the municipal and voivodeship councils elections. There will be then the European Parliament election in 2019 followed by the elections to…

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Emmanuel Macron and Central Europe – 1/2

Thibaud Gibelin April 18, 2018

By Thibaud Cassel. European Union – On Sunday April 15th the French President Emmanuel Macron gave a TV interview of around three hours. Halfway between his comfortable election in last May and the European elections of 2019, the event had the form…

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Splendours and Dangers of a Victory

Modeste Schwartz April 15, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary - Analysis of the electoral results of April 8, which gave Viktor Orbán's Fidesz a third consecutive mandate. Why rejoice? Let's start with a cynical statement: the FIDESZ strategists have earned their fees. They are obviously based on…

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Reconciliation between Poland and Lithuania in the shadow of an oil refinery

Olivier Bault April 11, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland, Lithuania - While Poland and Lithuania have common interests to defend against Germany and Russia – the opposition against the gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 is lead by Poland and the three Baltic countries –, they have…

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Landslide victory for Viktor Orbán

The Editorial Board April 9, 2018

Hungary - On Sunday, April 8, Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz-KDNP coalition won the general elections and reached a constitutional two-thirds majority in parliament. Viktor Orbán begins his third consecutive term, which will last until 2022. After a long, heavy and very…

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Central Europe accentuates its defense cooperation and some countries are rearming

La Rédaction April 5, 2018

Hungary, Budapest - The defense ministers of seven Central European countries met in Budapest as part of the Central European Defense Cooperation. The seven countries are preparing for a new influx of migrants that they intend to manage together, and some…

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Anna Horváth’s Case and What it Tells Us

Modeste Schwartz April 3, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - At the beginning of the 2000s, the socio-political situation of Romania, on the surface, was quite similar to the cliché which the mainstream Western press cherishes when it comes to “Eastern Europe”. The country – with the…

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Italy looks closely at the Hungarian elections

The Editorial Board March 28, 2018

By Massimiliano Ferrari, columnist at Il Populista. Hungary - The Hungarian elections will be followed with great interest also in Italy and especially in Lombardy and Veneto, the two economic-cultural locomotives of a country which certainly is a bridge between Europe and…

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Why do they Want the Head of Viktor Orbán?

Modeste Schwartz March 27, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary - Geopolitical implications of the Hungarian Elections of April 8. After a contextual presentation of the current actors on the Hungarian political scene on the eve of the April 8 elections, followed by a socio-cultural analysis of the…

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Hungary: The False Friends of Viktor Orbán

Modeste Schwartz March 20, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary - In connection with the small “earthquake” of February 25, I stated in a recent editorial that the “communication” problems (which are currently hotly debated within FIDESZ and among its supporters) reveal underlying sociological realities…

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Viktor Orbán’s ceremonial speech on the 170th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 – FULL SPEECH

The Editorial Board March 19, 2018

Hungary, Budapest - On March 15, 2018, Hungary celebrated the 170th anniversary of the Revolution of 1848. But three weeks ahead of the elections, it was also an eminently political day. Hundreds of thousands of people marched to show their support to…