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Why the Lukashenko regime is targeting the Polish minority

Olivier Bault April 1, 2021

The arrests of members of the Polish minority that took place on March 25 are not unprecedented in Belarus. On the other hand, the charges brought – “incitement to hatred” and “rehabilitation of Nazism”, which can carry 12 years’ imprisonment – reflect…

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Oradea doctor: hospital Covid protocols are what’s killing patients

The Editorial Board March 30, 2021

Article originally published in Hungarian on Erdely.ma, on March 19, 2021. “A Romanian doctor is working wonders, healing hercovid patients 100%” – wrote the title of a longer article in the Romanian newspaper, the National. The Oradea (Nagyvárad) doctor’s secret to success:…

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Three-quarters of European citizens consider the rights to security and protection of life more important than freedoms

Partenaire March 21, 2021

This article has been published online on December 8, 2020 on the site of the Századvég Institute. In recent years, security and order and the conflict between human rights and political freedoms, such as mass migration and terrorism, have often been an issue.…

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The V4 countries stand for strong nation-state frameworks and the support for families

Partenaire March 20, 2021

This article has been published online by Századvég on March 10, 2021. The alliance of the Visegrad countries – Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic – is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The importance of the cooperation is demonstrated by the…

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Are media freedom and pluralism really under threat in Poland?

Olivier Bault March 19, 2021

Poland - On Wednesday, March 10, the European Parliament held a plenary debate on “Government attempts to silence free media in Poland, Hungary and Slovenia”. That discussion had been announced a week earlier on the European Parliament’s website, in a newsletter titled…

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LGBTQ ideology and the dissolution of Western identity

David Engels March 17, 2021

European Union - Ever since the European Union declared itself a “LGBTQ freedom zone” on 11 March 2021, debate around “LGBTQ” ideology has been rampant in the media and, by extension, criticism of “intolerant” and “authoritative” Poland, where it is said that…

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Central Europe: The last bastion of Europe?

Thibaud Gibelin March 11, 2021

This article was originally published on Tysol.fr on March 5, 2021. For the thirty-year anniversary of the Visegrád Group, and split this week between the PPE and Fidesz, Thibaud Gibelin takes a look and contextualises Central Europe’s uncomfortable, yet decisive, situation. What was…

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Hungary resists climate change extremes

The Editorial Board March 7, 2021

This article has been published by Századvég on December 11, 2020. In recent years, the role of climate change issue in European politics and public discourse has grown significantly. Excessive sensitization and political polarization are directing an increasing mass of people towards two…

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An embarrassing appointment at the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN)

Olivier Bault February 26, 2021

A controversy broke out in Poland after February 9, when the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) appointed Tomasz Greniuch, a historian and former activist of the nationalist organization ONR, as acting director of its branch office in Wrocław. The ONR, or “national-radical…

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Europe of the Carpathians Conference on February 27-28

Partenaire February 26, 2021

Europe of the Carpathians - a forum for meetings and cooperation about preserving the unique richness of culture and nature in Central Europe, about the region, the Three Seas Initiative and the European Union, about our civilisation, strategies and economic development, about…

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Poland soon to be without an Ombudsman?

Olivier Bault February 24, 2021

As the political crisis deepens due to the fight between the ruling Conservatives of the PiS and the Liberal opposition, Poland might soon have no more ombudsman. Poland - On February 18, the Polish Senate rejected the candidacy of Professor Piotr Wawrzyk…

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Donald Tusk’s former party confirms its left-wing stance by advocating abortion on demand

Olivier Bault February 22, 2021

In the Polish political landscape, advocating the legalization of abortion on demand clearly means being on the left of the political spectrum. Polls show that more than three-quarters of Poles are against such a measure. Yet this is the Civic Platform’s new…