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What’s going on in the Hungarian “united opposition”?

Yann Caspar January 22, 2022

Hungary - Things are heating up between the leaders of the united opposition. Former Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Coalition (DK) Ferenc Gyurcsány openly mocks the unique candidate Péter Márki-Zay, while Péter Jakab’s Jobbik no longer provides financial support to…

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Poland: Zbigniew Ziobro advocates retaliation against Brussels

The Editorial Board January 13, 2022

Poland – The conflict between the EU’s governing bodies and the Polish government continues to drag on. Faced with this situation, Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is also the leader of the United Poland (Solidarna Polska) party whose support is necessary…

Politics

Conflict of jurisdiction between Brussels and the EU’s East getting nasty (Part 3)

Olivier Bault January 12, 2022

Hungarian Constitutional Court says national authorities must make up for EU inaction on immigration — Part 1: Warsaw demands EU treaties be complied with and refuses to pay fines imposed by the ECJ Part 2: EU case law vs national constitution: rulings…

Magyar Nemzet

2021 also marked by anti-Christianity

Partenaire January 8, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. This year didn’t go by either without Christian degradation in Hungary: the Gödöllő Greek Catholic church was almost set on fire on our national holiday, before Easter a defamatory…

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Conflict of jurisdiction between Brussels and the EU’s East getting nasty (Part 1)

Olivier Bault January 5, 2022

Warsaw demands EU treaties be complied with and refuses to pay fines imposed by the ECJ A series of three articles by Olivier Bault dealing with the current conflicts between the European Commission, the ECJ and the member states opposing judicial activism…

Magyar Nemzet

Stealing Europe – Part 1

Partenaire December 11, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 December 2021. Motto: “Bro, can you imagine the evil grin on that Brussels Satan who came up with the idea to use the Muslim Malika instead of Mary? Well, that’s the…

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Viktor Orbán’s address at the conference entitled “Free for Thirty Years”

The Editorial Board June 21, 2021

Source : Cabinet of the Prime minister of Hungary Good morning. I greet the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, President Mária Schmidt, representatives of our country’s diplomatic corps, members of the Government, my old friends, and all of you who…

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Alexandre Latsa: “Dynamic conservatives of the world: Unite!”

The Editorial Board May 22, 2021

We have decided to share Alexandre Latsa’s response to an article in “Do Rzeczy”, a Polish newspaper, on Russian and Polish conservatisms, which can be consulted in French here. Alexandre Latsa is a Frenchman who lives in Moscow and works as an…

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The European Commission’s attack on the reform of the justice system in Poland: summary, chronology and challenges

The Editorial Board July 15, 2020

Poland - Tensions between Brussels and Warsaw over the independence of the Polish judiciary have been ongoing since the end of 2015. They began immediately after the parliamentary elections won by the Law and Justice Party (PiS) in October 2015. In December…

Politics

Ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Poland, Brussels comes to the opposition’s rescue. Again.

Olivier Bault October 11, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland - The manoeuvres are pretty crude, but Poles are now getting used to this kind of practice. In the same way that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered an interim order against Poland two days before the…

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Obstacles left by the outgoing Juncker Commission to improved relations with Warsaw and Budapest

Olivier Bault September 14, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally publishedon Kurier.plusby the Felczak Institute of Polish–Hungarian Cooperation European Union - While Poland and Hungary can hardly count on the new European Parliament constituted after the May 23–26 elections to take a less offensive…

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Brussels will remain in conflict with Poland even with a new European Commission

Olivier Bault August 5, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Together with its fellow Visegrád Group countries, Poland has managed to veto the bid of Dutch socialist Frans Timmermans to become the next President of the European Commission. Although Timmermans is expected to retain a vice-presidency of…

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