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European Commission calls on Polish government not to respect democracy and rule of law

Olivier Bault June 15, 2021

Poland – On Wednesday, June 9, at the same time as it initiated proceedings against Germany to assert the primacy of European law, the European Commission sent a letter to the Polish government asking it to withdraw its referral to its Constitutional…

Magyar Nemzet

“This is all just a political game, which has nothing to do with the law”

Partenaire June 5, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on June 4, 2021. „They want an expedited decision on one of the most complicated legal questions in EU history, but in a simple procedural issue we had to wait three years…

Magyar Nemzet

Budapest and Warsaw will take the EU rule of law mechanism to court

Partenaire March 12, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 6, 2021. “…what is unlawful cannot be left without a word! We can’t keep that EU legislation in force, which seriously infringes legal certainty, thus, as we promised last year,…

Politics

The European Commission continues its offensive against Polish judicial reforms

Olivier Bault February 3, 2021

Poland - On January 27, the European Commission announced that it had moved to the second stage of the infringement procedure against Poland regarding the Disciplinary Chamber created within the Supreme Court as part of the reforms of the judiciary introduced by…

Magyar Nemzet

Viktor Orbán’s response to Weber: You took us for fools

Partenaire December 4, 2020

Europe’s mainstream media excludes, ignores, and blocks those ideas that do not fit into the worldview that they force day in and day out. They will ignore this as well. This is nothing new to us Central-Europeans. This is what we invented…

Politics

Who is Věra Jourová, vice-president of the European Commission? Profile of a Czech like no other

Alimuddin Usmani September 15, 2020

Czechia - She is the most well-known Czech female politician on the EU-level and has been involved in politics, both in the EU and in the Czech Republic, for many years. During this time, she has led a campaign of censorship and…

Politics

The European Commission’s attack on the reform of the justice system in Poland: summary, chronology and challenges

The Editorial Board July 15, 2020

Poland - Tensions between Brussels and Warsaw over the independence of the Polish judiciary have been ongoing since the end of 2015. They began immediately after the parliamentary elections won by the Law and Justice Party (PiS) in October 2015. In December…

Politics

What will become of the EU after the pandemic?

Olivier Bault June 22, 2020

European Union - “Extraordinary times require extraordinary action”, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said last March, when announcing the ECB would embark on a new spending spree worth €750 billion to purchase sovereign debt from eurozone countries as an emergency response…

Society

Six more months for signing the petition in favor of the national regions

The Editorial Board May 21, 2020

European Union – The Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga announced yesterday, May 20, that the European petition launched on the initiative of the Szeklers in favour of European national regions – one of whose spokespersons, Attila Dabis, we recently interviewed – obtained…

Politics

A Soros-funded NGO calls for the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to stand down

Alimuddin Usmani December 27, 2019

By Alimuddin Usmani. Czechia – The European Commission (EC) has recently filed an audit report regarding Andrej Babiš, the Czech prime minister, who is accused by his opponents of being entangled in a conflict of interest. He strongly denies the accusations. The…

Politics

Viktor Orbán visited Macron in Paris

Thibaud Gibelin October 12, 2019

By Thibaud Cassel. Hungary - While it was a highly awaited meeting... it has been paradoxically surrounded by a strange silence. On Friday, October 11, The Hungarian Prime minister was the guest of Emmanuel Macron for a lunch at the Elysee palace…

Politics

Obstacles left by the outgoing Juncker Commission to improved relations with Warsaw and Budapest

Olivier Bault September 14, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally publishedon Kurier.plusby the Felczak Institute of Polish–Hungarian Cooperation European Union - While Poland and Hungary can hardly count on the new European Parliament constituted after the May 23–26 elections to take a less offensive…

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