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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…

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…

Politics

Polish government seeks to limit economic damage from the pandemic

Olivier Bault April 20, 2020

Poland - The Polish government announced on Thursday evening a first series of measures designed to ease the lockdown and revive the economy, as this year seems set to bring the country’s first recession since 1992. The S&P rating agency expects a…

Politics

Full “State of the Nation” speech of Viktor Orbán, 2020

The Editorial Board February 19, 2020

Each February, since 1999, current Hungarian Christian-Democrat Prime Minister Viktor Orbán holds a speech on the state of the Nation, both of review of the past year and a public analysis of the foreseen issues. We display below the full translated transcript…

Politics

Poland and Hungary outperforming most other EU economies, at least partly through not adopting the euro

Olivier Bault August 1, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally published on Kurier.plus. Central Europe - According to the European Commission’s forecasts, Poland and Hungary will be the joint second fastest growing economies in the EU this year, after Malta. The EC has raised its…

Interviews

László Bogár: “Our region is once again becoming a buffer zone whose geopolitical value is growing steadily” – 2/2

Modeste Schwartz April 5, 2019

Interview with László Bogár, economist and university professor, former MP and former State Secretary of Hungary, publicist: “Our region is once again becoming a buffer zone whose geopolitical value is growing steadily”. Part 1/2 can be read by clicking here. You…

Interviews

László Bogár: “They will have to unite the German, Italian and French budgets, otherwise the euro will fall” – 1/2

Modeste Schwartz January 28, 2019

Interview with László Bogár, economist and university professor, former MP and former State Secretary of Hungary, publicist: "They will have to unite the German, Italian and French budgets, otherwise the euro will fall." Part 1/2. At the end of November 2018, Raoul…

Politics

Viktor Orbán Expects a New Global Financial Crisis

Modeste Schwartz July 1, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Central Europe - For more than a month, the currencies of Central Europe (a term that, for my part, I always use in a conventional/geographical sense: post-communist Europe outside the former USSR) have dropped against Western currencies – …

Society

Central Europe and the European economy

Thibaud Gibelin March 13, 2018

By Thibaud Cassel. Central Europe - Economic competition confronts Europe with the rest of the world, but first of all European countries with each other. The political dispute over migration quotas has recently crystallized one of the economical tensions that runs across…

Politics

Orbán: sovereignty as the key to success

The Editorial Board March 7, 2018

Article originally published on The Hungary Journal. Hungary - If Hungary avoids becoming an immigrant country, it will prosper, otherwise it will “regress, decline and stagnate”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at an event of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce in Budapest on…

Society

About post-communist economies, by Levan Vasadze, Georgian entrepreneur

The Editorial Board January 7, 2018

This article was sent to us by our readers and represents a particular political and economic vision that does not necessarily represent the views of our staff. However, we thought worthy of interest the analysis of the author, which encourage reflection on the economic…

Politics

Excellent tax revenues for the Polish budget: good news that embarrasses the liberal opposition

Olivier Bault September 29, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - "It was enough not to steal! "This is how Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło explained in April this year the excellent tax revenues and also the profits generated by the coal mines, an industry that was on…