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Viktor Orbán’s address to the Hungarian parliament, 2021, February 15

The Editorial Board February 20, 2021

Full translation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's address to the Hungarian parliament before the start of daily business, on February 15, 2021. Translation provided by the Hungarian government. Honourable Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, In line with our constitutional traditions, I…

Society

Hungary’s “National Consultation on the reopening”

The Editorial Board February 18, 2021

Hungary - While the authorities just announced the beginning of the "third wave", the Hungarian government launched an online national consultation "on the reopening", following 11 months of restrictive measures taken in order to counter the Covid-19. Since early January, the nationalist…

Society

Some good figures for the Polish economy in spite of the pandemic

Olivier Bault January 28, 2021

Poland - Polish industrial production figures surprised commentators this week, with growth of 11.2% (at constant prices) compared to December 2019. Taking into account seasonal factors (such as the fact that there was one more working day in December 2020 compared to…

Magyar Nemzet

EU vaccine procurement under international fire

Partenaire January 22, 2021

The numbers don’t lie; compared to Israel, or a few Gulf monarchies, the USA or even the UK, the European Union’s vaccination against the coronavirus is way behind. The European Commission however, is quite optimistic believing that by the summer 70% of…

Society

Polish tourism businesses revolting against Covid restrictions and finding ways around them

Olivier Bault January 21, 2021

Poland - In Poland, January 18 was the day winter tourism businesses that had joined the “Highlanders’ Veto” (Góralskie Veto) protest movement had chosen as the deadline for the resumption of their activity in spite of health restrictions. All over the country,…

Politics

“Together, we’ll prevail once more” says Viktor Orbán

The Editorial Board September 30, 2020

Hungary – Every summer, the Hungarian Prime Minister gives lectures in political philosophy and commentates governmental strategy. This year, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, none of these summer meetings took place. Christian Democrat Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made up these…

Politics

In spite of a pandemic raging, some in Europe have reopened their borders to illegal immigration

Olivier Bault September 19, 2020

European Union - At a press conference held in the last days of August, unrepentant German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she would “make essentially the same decisions” today if confronted with the same situation as during the migrant crisis…

Society

Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them

Modeste Schwartz June 26, 2020

Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them or: why the relatively low mortality rate in Eastern Europe does not prove any success of the anti-epidemic policies adopted (second draft: 14.06.2020) MAIN THESIS During the first half of May 2020, in…

Society

Lifting the lockdown and reactivating the economy in the countries of the Visegrád Group

Olivier Bault May 29, 2020

Having reacted faster to the COVID-19 pandemic than their Western European counterparts, the four countries of the Visegrád Group (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) were also among the first to reduce their lockdown measures – which were less stringent than…

Miscellaneous

Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them

Modeste Schwartz May 23, 2020

Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them or: why the relatively low mortality rate in Eastern Europe does not prove any success of the anti-epidemic policies adopted MAIN THESIS If we focus on male longevity (the Covid-19 virus being selective – including sexual…

Politics

Romania on the brink of political violence

Modeste Schwartz May 12, 2020

Romania – Since Klaus Iohannis’s surprisingly fast rise to power in 2014, his detractors have regularly used the “Nazi” card against him. In most cases, this has been done in a stupid way: ignoring the word’s actual definition, and instead simply making…

Politics

Colonization of Croatia and new EU-member states?

Dr Tado Jurić May 11, 2020

European Union / Croatia - In this article, Dr Tado Jurić presents his critics on the EU, as a structure built for colonization of post-Socialist countries. Reviewing the topics of sovereignty, demographics or European funds, Dr Tado Jurić explains why the CEE…