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Hungarian veto against new Ukraine aid package stirs new tensions in the EU

The Editorial Board December 22, 2023

Hungary – Hungary voted against the European Union’s new aid package for Ukraine at the December 14-15 European summit in Brussels. This decision, which blocked its adoption, provoked mixed reactions and added new tensions in Hungary’s already difficult relations with the EU.…

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Orbán and Morawiecki reject EU Migrant Pact and block conclusions at EU summit

The Editorial Board July 5, 2023

Hungary/Poland – The recent European migration agreement is clearly not going down well in Warsaw and Budapest. Whereas the two governments have been at odds over the war in Ukraine since the beginning of last year, they have again found common ground…

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Viktor Orbán and Volodymyr Zelensky met in Brussels

The Editorial Board February 14, 2023

Hungary/Ukraine – After his visit to London, where he met with King Charles III and addressed British MPs at Westminster, and then Paris, where he was received by French President Emmanuel Macron in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President…

Magyar Nemzet

There is no Hungarian foreign policy without national policy

Partenaire May 22, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on May 22, 2021. “We will try to use the Hungarian Presidency to promote the rights of national minorities and provide strong support to Hungarian communities outside of our borders” – said…

Politics

EU, rule of law: Joint declaration of the Prime Minister of Poland and the Prime Minister of Hungary

The Editorial Board November 26, 2020

Hungary / Poland - The following is the official text of the joint declaration of the Prime Ministers of Hungary and Poland on November 26. With respect to the MFF/Next Generation EU financial package including the draft Regulation on a general regime…

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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Why the Spitzenkandidaten mechanism compromises the European Commission’s impartiality and is a cause of EU attacks against Poland and Hungary

Olivier Bault May 24, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally published on Kurier.plus. European Union - Meeting in Sibiu, Romania, for a European Council on May 9, European heads of state and government discussed whether the Spitzenkandidaten system – first used to choose the head…

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Viktor Orbán Introduces his Programme for the EU Elections – FULL SPEECH

The Editorial Board April 7, 2019

Speech by Viktor Orbán at the launch event for the Fidesz – KDNP European Parliament election programme 5 April 2019, Budapest Good afternoon,Ladies and Gentlemen, As I see it I’m the odd one out, because the people who’ve spoken before me are experts…

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The new Franco-German Treaty: Should the rest of the EU be Concerned?

Olivier Bault March 21, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Originally published on kurier.plus. Europe - The new Franco-German treaty “of cooperation and integration” signed on January 22 in Aachen, the former capital of Charlemagne’s Frankish empire from which both nations trace their origins, does not represent a breakthrough…

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Baltic states support Poland against EU sanctions

The Editorial Board March 14, 2018

Lithuania, Vilnius - The Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, have confirmed their opposition to EU sanctions against Poland for alleged breaches to the rule of law. “We would be against any punishments imposed on Poland; in this regard, all three Baltic…

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Triggering Article 7 against Poland: nuclear bomb or wet firecracker?

Sébastien Meuwissen February 5, 2018

By Sébastien Meuwissen. Pologne - Forty years ago, Poland lit the spark that would put an end to Communist totalitarianism in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, the European Commission has launched the first phase of Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty against…

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Sanction procedure initiated against Poland: the EU in crisis

The Editorial Board November 17, 2017

European Union - On Wednesday, November 15, the European Parliament adopted a resolution which is the first stage of a sanction procedure against Poland. But there are many voices against this vote, which diverts the powers of the EU institutions for political…