Hungary : Nationalists protest COVID restrictions

Hungary : Nationalists protest COVID restrictions

Ferenc Almássy March 17, 2021

March 15. It’s Hungary’s national day and the nationalists of “Mi Hazánk” have organised a protest in favour of ending COVID restrictions. Yet despite growing rumblings from the population, few decided to overcome their fear of the police and take part in…

Magyar Nemzet

One more word on rule of law

Partenaire March 15, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 14, 2021. A concept idolized by the left is now an arbitrary political too. Though Hungary was caught in the left-wing crossfire in the European Union near the end of…

Magyar Nemzet

A criticism of the open society model

Partenaire March 15, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 12, 2021. Society cannot be open; thus the use of this term leads to the distortion of its content. The two words used together oppose each other: “open society”. Societies,…

Politics

The EU as a freedom zone for LGBTIQ people but not for others?

Olivier Bault March 15, 2021

European Union - Poland in particular, but also Hungary and Slovenia, were at the center of criticism on Wednesday and Thursday in the European Parliament. The three conservative-governed Central European countries were the subject of a debate on media freedom. The first…

Politics

French Secretary of State for European Affairs conducts LGBT diplomacy in Poland

Olivier Bault March 12, 2021

Poland – Clément Beaune, the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, made a visit to Poland on Monday and Tuesday. Since Emmanuel Macron was elected president, France has been somewhat cool towards Poland’s leaders, whom Macron has described as being “below…

Magyar Nemzet

Budapest and Warsaw will take the EU rule of law mechanism to court

Partenaire March 12, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 6, 2021. “…what is unlawful cannot be left without a word! We can’t keep that EU legislation in force, which seriously infringes legal certainty, thus, as we promised last year,…

Society

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…

Magyar Nemzet

Deutsche Welle manipulates the truth

Partenaire March 10, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 6, 2021. Smear campaign report filmed in the Castle District. Deutsche Welle, a public German international television broadcaster manipulated statements from local civilians on film in its smear campaign against…

Magyar Nemzet

Polish MEP to Magyar Nemzet: Our future lies in Orbán’s plans

Partenaire March 9, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 6, 2021. MEPs from the Polish Law and Justice party would welcome Fidesz to their EP Group with open arms. According to our discussion with Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński, the future…

Society

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…

Magyar Nemzet

You are not the troublemakers of the EU!

Partenaire March 6, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 6, 2021. I have been visiting wonderful Hungary since 1978. In Eger the Szépasszony valley, the Lake Balaton and many more places in the that I got to know; I grew…

Magyar Nemzet

Marco Gervasoni: Fidesz should’ve left the EPP long ago

Partenaire March 5, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 5, 2021. “I see Fidesz’ decision to leave the People’s Party as a gesture of defending democracy. No matter how contradictory it may seem due to the Western press’ passion of…