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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…

Politics

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…

Politics

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…

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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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The V4 is united and ready ahead of next Brussels Summit

The Editorial Board June 16, 2019

By the editorial board. Visegrád Group - On Thursday, June 13, 2019, the Hungarian, Slovak, Czech and Polish Prime Ministers met in Budapest to jointly prepare for the Brussels summit on June 20 and 21. They announced at the end of the…

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Project28: the Results of the European-wide Survey Revealed

The Editorial Board May 14, 2019

By the Visegrád Post Editorial Staff Hungary - Less than two weeks ahead of the European elections of May 26, the political research institute of Századvég revealed on Tuesday, 2019, May 14, the results of its annual European-wide survey. For the occasion, a conference…

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Viktor Orbán Introduces his Programme for the EU Elections – FULL SPEECH

The Editorial Board April 7, 2019

Speech by Viktor Orbán at the launch event for the Fidesz – KDNP European Parliament election programme 5 April 2019, Budapest Good afternoon,Ladies and Gentlemen, As I see it I’m the odd one out, because the people who’ve spoken before me are experts…

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Viktor Orbán Evokes a Possible Future for Fidesz Outside the EPP

The Editorial Board March 11, 2019

By the editors of the Visegrád Post. For the first time, Viktor Orbán evokes a possible future for Fidesz outside the EPP. Is the Fidesz-EPP split still preventable? The Visegrád Post has already reported on the Hungarian government's campaign against Jean-Claude Juncker…