Donald Tusk has overtly claimed in recent months that in case of electoral victory on October 15, as prime minister of Poland he will disregard all laws passed by the Polish parliament since 2015 which he finds to have been adopted in…
Slovakia – The victory of Robert Fico and his party, Smer-SD, in Slovakia’s parliamentary elections on Saturday, September 30 is already having consequences, even though a new government coalition has not yet been formed. In addition to the fact that the interim…
Slovakia – The early parliamentary elections held in Slovakia on Saturday, September 30 once again reshuffled the political deck in this Central European country.
In all likelihood, the social democrat Robert Fico, a former prime minister (both in 2006–2010 and 2012–2018), should…
Poland – Poland will be holding parliamentary elections on October 15. The ruling United Right coalition led by Law and Justice (PiS), which has been in power since 2015, has decided to hold referendums on four key issues on the same day.…
Poland – Polish voters will go to the polls this autumn to renew their parliament. After eight years in power, support for the ruling United Right coalition led by Law and Justice (PiS) is, according to the latest polls, at least 8%…
Originally published in French on the website of the Observatory of Journalism on 4 January 2023.
In the land of Viktor Orbán, the so-called “free and independent” press is so muzzled that it can easily receive over $700,000 from Washington to set…
Originally published in French on the website of the Observatory of Journalism, 22 December 2022.
In Hungary, the fiasco of Péter Márki-Zay, an unsuccessful and extraordinarily clumsy candidate in the April 2022 parliamentary elections, is still unfolding. Last summer, Márki-Zay admitted that…
Slovakia – Slovakia is again going through a political crisis. After having been in office for just over 20 months, Eduard Heger’s government was voted out by the National Council – Slovakia’s unicameral parliament – last Thursday when a motion tabled by…
Czechia – 21 people initially said they would try their luck in Czechia’s upcoming presidential election. After having gone through the scrutiny of the interior ministry, which had to check, among other things, that each candidate was endorsed by at least twenty…
Hungary – Many Hungarian and foreign observers were stunned by the Fidesz–KDNP coalition’s crushing victory in the 3 April parliamentary elections. The six-party opposition coalition lost nearly 900,000 votes compared to the cumulative results of those parties in 2018. Viktor Orbán’s coalition…
In an unprecedented move for an EU country, Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Hungary and the referendum that was held simultaneously were closely monitored by a full-scale observation mission of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and more specifically its…
Hungary - Things are heating up between the leaders of the united opposition. Former Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Coalition (DK) Ferenc Gyurcsány openly mocks the unique candidate Péter Márki-Zay, while Péter Jakab’s Jobbik no longer provides financial support to…