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No, Viktor Orbán didn’t bring about a dictatorship in Hungary

Nicolas de Lamberterie April 3, 2020

Hungary - No, Viktor Orbán didn’t bring about a dictatorship in Hungary. What is more, he has managed this crisis remarkably well. Professional liars Even a global pandemic and the risk of a major economic crisis cannot stop Western professional liars from…

Politics

Polish democracy defends itself against EU-supported judges

Olivier Bault January 3, 2020

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Parliamentary democracy in Poland defends itself against EU-supported judicial activism. As was to be expected, only two months after Poland’s parliamentary elections, which gave the United Right coalition led by the Law and Justice (PiS) social-conservative party…

Politics

Poland – what is the political situation after the October elections?

Olivier Bault November 27, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of Law and Justice (PiS), never made any secret of the fact that at least two consecutive parliamentary terms were needed for PiS to complete and consolidate its reforms. The top priority was…

Society

The Austrian Post Filed Its Users According To Their Supposed Political Views

The Editorial Board February 25, 2019

By the Editorial Board. Austria - The platform of investigative journalism Addendum launched on January 7 in the morning put a cat among the pigeons. The news that at first looks like what is commonly called a fake news is not one...…

Interviews

Ryszard Terlecki: “In Poland, The Opposition Is Trying To Come Back To Power By Non-Democratic Means”

Olivier Bault February 23, 2019

Interview with Ryszard Terlecki, Deputy Marshal of the Polish Sejm: "The opposition is trying to come back to power by non-democratic means". Poland – In this last opus of our series of interviews with personalities of the Polish political life, Olivier Bault…

Politics

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “State Of The Nation” Address – FULL SPEECH

The Editorial Board February 11, 2019

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “State of the Nation” address 10 February 2019, Budapest [Former] President of the Republic, [former] Prime Minister, Mr. Speaker, Mayor of Budapest, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to see you here again. I am always…

Society

Romania Post-Referendum: X-ray of a Sick Society

Modeste Schwartz October 9, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - On Saturday, October 6, and Sunday, October 7, just under 4 million Romanian citizens went to the polls to vote in the so-called “referendum on the family”, a little over 20% of the official electoral body (why…

Politics

The improvement of the relations between Trump’s United States and Orbán’s Hungary, a consequence of a substantial change at the State Department

Olivier Bault August 7, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Hungary - The cancellation of a contest organised by the US State Department in order to assign 700.000 dollars to Hungarian opposition media of the countryside illustrates a turning point in the relations between Washington and Budapest. This…

Politics

Emmanuel Macron and Central Europe – 1/2

Thibaud Gibelin April 18, 2018

By Thibaud Cassel. European Union – On Sunday April 15th the French President Emmanuel Macron gave a TV interview of around three hours. Halfway between his comfortable election in last May and the European elections of 2019, the event had the form…

Interviews

Péter Márki-Zay: “My hope would be for a technocrat government”

Nicolas de Lamberterie April 6, 2018

Hungary - Péter Marki-Zay: " My hope would be for a technocrat government, a managing government, whose primary purpose would be to restore democracy, freedom of the press, the state of law, the market economy, and the commitment to European integration. " …

Politics

Open letter from Marek Jurek to Frans Timmermans: Anticipating the European Council’s actions and taking over its powers is abuse and a usurpation of power

The Editorial Board November 14, 2017

European Union - On Wednesday 15 morning, there will be a debate about Poland at the European Parliament. Marek Jurek, a Polish MEP and former speaker of the Sejm, has sent the letter below, before the debate, to Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President…

Politics

The Budapest Liberals want to make two million “prostitutes” second-class citizens.

Modeste Schwartz November 5, 2017

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary / Romania - Even before the historical defeat suffered by the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP in Hungarian) in 2010, its leader of the 2000s, F. Gyurcsány – a “man of the left” as the IMF likes them: himself…