Pro-migrant activism and Tusk’s criticism of the government

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Pro-migrant activism and Tusk’s criticism of the government

The Editorial Board September 2, 2021

Poland – As the situation of 32 migrants stranded on the Belarusian side of the border near the Polish village of Usnarz Górny (Podlaskie) remained stalled – with Polish border guards denying them passage to Poland and their Belarusian counterparts preventing them…

Politics

Hungary: primary launched by opposition with view to spring 2022 legislative election

Nicolas de Lamberterie September 1, 2021

Hungary – With eight months to go until Hungary’s spring 2022 parliamentary election, the election campaign is now fully under way. In an attempt to topple Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, which has been in power with a two-thirds supermajority in parliament since 2010,…

Magyar Nemzet

“Minority destinies threaten the majority as well”

Partenaire August 31, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 31 August 2021. According to László Kövér, the fate of minorities does not only threaten European national minorities today, but European majorities as well. The Speaker of the National Assembly spoke, following…

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Polish episcopate, ECHR, UN and Women’s Strike come to the rescue of migrants

The Editorial Board August 31, 2021

Poland – While Belarusian border guards are turning back to the Polish and Latvian borders migrants – mainly Iraqis but also Afghans – that Lithuania is no longer willing to let through its territory, and while the government of Mateusz Morawiecki, supported…

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Influx of migrants at the Belarusian border: a crisis orchestrated by Minsk?

The Editorial Board August 31, 2021

Poland/Lithuania/Belarus – For several weeks, thousands of illegal migrants from the Middle East, mainly from Iraq, have been appearing on the Belarusian borders of Lithuania, Poland, and Latvia. Belarusian journalist Tadeusz Giczan (Тадеуш Гичан), editor-in-chief of the opposition media Nexta, published on…

Society

30th edition of the Europe of the Carpathians conference on September 7-9 in Karpacz

Sébastien Meuwissen August 30, 2021

Pologne – On September 7-9, 2021, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland is organizing the 30th edition of the Europe of the Carpathians conference in Karpacz. The event is organized together with the biggest economy meeting in Central Europe: the Economic…

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Sergey Lavrov and Péter Szijjártó hold talks in Budapest

The Editorial Board August 27, 2021

Hungary/Russia – Taking a brief break from his election campaign activities in Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Budapest on Tuesday 24 August before travelling on to Vienna and then Rome. Following their talks, Mr…

Magyar Nemzet

France has become a hostage to its minorities

Partenaire August 27, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 26 August 2021. Jacques Guillemain: Never give in to the immigration dictates from Brussels Those nations that refuse to acknowledge the threat posed by Islam face a tragic future, said Jacques Guillemain,…

Politics

Does the Morawiecki government still have a majority in the Sejm?

Olivier Bault August 27, 2021

Poland – The question of whether Mateusz Morawiecki’s government still has a majority in the Sejm should be answered in the vote on the dismissal of the “marshal” (speaker) of the lower house of the Polish parliament. The largest opposition groups would…

Society

Hungarian central bank head sounds alarm

Yann Caspar August 26, 2021

Hungary – For several weeks now, the pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet has been opening its columns every Monday to the head of the Hungarian Central Bank (Magyar Nemzeti Bank – MNB), György Matolcsy, who comments on the Hungarian, European and international economic…

Society

From one vaccine to another: Hungarians soon to get their fourth jab?

Nicolas de Lamberterie August 26, 2021

Hungary – After being the first European country to (proudly) announce third vaccine injections against Covid-19 as of 1 August, Hungary may soon become the first country to have a significant number of people with four jabs. This time, the move is…

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Immigration: Janez Janša calls for the mistake of 2015 not to be repeated

The Editorial Board August 25, 2021

European Union – At a time when the EU “elites”, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, are preparing to serve Europeans a reheated version of Merkel’s Wir schaffen das (We can do it) and once again open the borders…