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Full speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the 32nd Bálványos Summer Free University on 22 July 2023

The Editorial Board July 25, 2023

Hungary / Romania - Each year, end of July, Viktor Orbán holds a speech of political philosophy at the summer camp of Bálványos in Băile Tușnad (Tusványos or Tusnádfürdő in Hungarian) in Transylvania – a region formerly Hungarian, of which many parts…

Interviews

Katarzyna Gęsiak: “Pro-abortion circles that publicise fake news don’t actually care much about the well-being of the victims”

Sébastien Meuwissen March 1, 2023

Interview with Polish legal counsellor Katarzyna Gęsiak, co-author of a comparative analysis of public opinion surveys on Poles’ toward abortion: "In my opinion, the pro-abortion circles that publicise [fake news] don’t actually care much about the well-being of the victims." The Polish…

Society

A humanitarian superpower to the rescue

Adam Starzyński September 3, 2022

Poland - When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, it became apparent that Europe would see a refugee crisis of the magnitude it hasn’t seen since the Second World War. Poland, being Ukraine’s largest neighbouring country and housing already…

Magyar Nemzet

Katalin Novák: Hungary’s heart is beating at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border

Partenaire April 3, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 3 April 2022. “We Hungarians are on the side of peace; we must stay out of this war” “What the Russian-Ukrainian war refugees are asking for, we can provide: security, organized accommodations…

News

Child protection: the questions to be asked in the Hungarian referendum

The Editorial Board December 3, 2021

Hungary – In June, the Hungarian parliament passed a much-publicised amendment to its child protection law. In addition to increased penalties for convicted paedophiles, the amended law introduced a ban on LGBT propaganda in schools. That was all it took for the…

News

Viktor Orbán announces referendum on child protection law

The Editorial Board July 22, 2021

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the country on Wednesday 21 July, announcing in a video on his Facebook account that a referendum will soon be held on the child protection law, which is also known as the anti-paedophile law…

Society

Ideological disqualification versus argument: the Hungarian case

Simon-Pál Schümmer July 13, 2021

Hungary – The Hungarian law on paedophilia and the protection of children concerning sexuality, which was passed by the unicameral Országház (Hungarian parliament) on 15 June, has been written about extensively and has caused heated debate. There have been countless reactions from…

Society

Poland – A citizens’ initiative against the sexualisation of children

Olivier Bault October 30, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland - On October 21, Poland was once again the subject of a debate in the European Parliament. This time, it was not about the reforms of the judiciary introduced by Mateusz Morawiecki’s government, or the rule of law,…