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2021 also marked by anti-Christianity

Partenaire January 8, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. This year didn’t go by either without Christian degradation in Hungary: the Gödöllő Greek Catholic church was almost set on fire on our national holiday, before Easter a defamatory…

Politics

Conflict of jurisdiction between Brussels and the EU’s East getting nasty (Part 2)

Olivier Bault December 31, 2021

EU case law vs national constitution – Rulings and counter-rulings by ECJ and Romanian Constitutional Court -- Read Part 1: Warsaw demands EU treaties be complied with and refuses to pay fines imposed by the ECJ -- As major beneficiaries of EU…

Interviews

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski: “Poland must withdraw from Next Generation EU and block climate package as response to Commission’s blackmail”

Olivier Bault November 6, 2021

Interview with Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski was once a leading figure in the Civic Platform (PO) and one of the main negotiators of Poland’s accession to the European Union. Disgusted by the way his liberal colleagues sought to push through…

Poland/European Union – After the reactions to the Polish prime minister’s speech in the European Parliament on Tuesday, 19 October, one would be tempted to paraphrase Winston Churchill when alluding to the double retreat made last year by PM Mateusz Morawiecki: at…

Politics Olivier Bault October 22, 2021

Magyar Nemzet

Nicolas Bay: This is a Stalinist showcase against Hungary

Partenaire October 2, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 1 October 2021. The European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (also known as LIBE) delegation arrived in Budapest on September 29th; Nicolas Bay, French MEP was among those…

News

Four Polish provinces give in to LGBT blackmail

The Editorial Board September 30, 2021

Poland - After the Lesser Poland (Małopolskie) voivodship on 22 September and the Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) voivodship on 24 September, the Subcarpathian (Podkarpackie) and Lublin voivodships followed suit on 27 September when their provincial assemblies repealed their 2019 resolutions by which they…

Politics

European Commission asks ECJ to impose financial penalties on Poland

Olivier Bault September 9, 2021

Poland – For Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, the attitude of the European Commission, which is denying the Polish parliament the right to appoint the 15 judges who are to be members of the National Judicial Council (KRS), shows that “we are…

News

Babiš/Agrofert: Commission considers suspending EU funds to Czech Republic

The Editorial Board September 2, 2021

Czechia – The use of EU funds to blackmail certain member countries seems to be becoming a common method of dialogue for the European Commission. After Hungary and Poland on the so-called rule of law issue, and most recently some Polish local…

News

Saryusz-Wolski: The supremacy of EU law is not enshrined in the EU treaty

The Editorial Board August 2, 2021

Poland – In an interview given to the PAP press agency, and cited by the Polish press on 30 July, Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (PiS) spoke out the predisposition of EU authorities to affirm the supremacy of EU law over national legislations…

Politics

The European Commission has just issued an ultimatum to Poland. Will it do the same to France?

Olivier Bault July 22, 2021

Poland – The European Commission has given Poland until 16 August to suspend its Supreme Court’s new Disciplinary Chamber, failing which it will again refer the matter to the ECJ to apply a daily fine. The financial penalty will increase with each…

News

“LGBT Rights”: European Commission launches proceedings against Hungary and Poland

The Editorial Board July 18, 2021

Hungary/Poland – Many political observers expected that the latent conflict between the two Central European countries and EU institutions over “European values” – recently called “imaginary values” by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša – would eventually lead to the European Commission launching new infringement…

Politics

Bill Ravotti: The Central European cooperation is vital to combat EU juggernaut

Bill Ravotti July 12, 2021

Central Europe - The leaders of the V4 nations and Slovenian PM Janez Janša convened in Slovenia last Friday to discuss cooperation between Central Eastern European states (CEE) regarding mass migration, integrity of the nation state and other topics. Given the outrageous,…