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Controversy over four Polish MEPs having their immunity lifted by the European Parliament

The Editorial Board November 20, 2023

Poland/EU – On November 9, the European Parliament decided to lift the parliamentary immunity of four Polish MEPs from the Law and Justice (PiS) delegation to the European Parliament’s European Reformist and Conservatives group: Beata Mazurek and Tomasz Poręba, who belong to…

Sovereignty.pl

Polish co-rapporteur warning against European Parliament resolution on treaty reform (Interview)

Olivier Bault November 15, 2023

Even the constitutional treaty rejected in two referendums, in the Netherlands and France, was finally forced through in truncated form as the Lisbon Treaty, says MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski in an interview for the Polish weekly Do Rzeczy and the English-language website Sovereignty.pl.…

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AfD playing footsie with Fidesz

The Editorial Board September 28, 2023

Hungary – The next European elections to be held on June 9, 2024 could see a reshuffling between the two Eurosceptic groups: Identity & Democracy, which includes France’s National Rally, Germany’s AfD, Austria’s FPÖ, and the Flemish Vlaams Belang; and the European…

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A “Declaration for a free Europe of Nations” announcing a possible new European group

Ferenc Almássy August 29, 2023

Hungary – On Saturday 26 August, at the initiative of Hungary’s Mi Hazánk party, representatives of six European parties met in the Hungarian parliament to sign a joint declaration expressing their shared views on important issues in Western politics. With the campaign…

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The European Parliament now wants to monitor Poland’s upcoming elections

The Editorial Board July 24, 2023

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%…

Sovereignty.pl

Euro madness

Partenaire July 7, 2023

The EU elites, both national and Brussels-based, have only one answer to all doubts: more integration! An article by Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz, published originally on Sovereignty.pl. To read the full version on Sovereignty.pl, please click here. Anyone who lived through…

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CPAC Hungary 2023, where Viktor Orbán’s friends met on May 4–5

Ferenc Almássy May 9, 2023

Hungary – After last year’s first European instalment, a second meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was organized in Budapest on May 4–5, 2023. It is no coincidence that the Hungarian capital has again been chosen to host the only…

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Anti-Orbán media in Hungary financed by European Parliament’s Socialist group

The Editorial Board February 1, 2023

Originally published in French on the website of the Observatory of Journalism on 21 January 2023. The press is so “muzzled” in Hungary that it can freely go in for the most virulent Orbanophobia with financial support from Soros, work in collaboration…

Politics

Meloni’s and Weber’s difficult coalition project in the European Parliament

Nicolas de Lamberterie January 25, 2023

European Union – In early January 2023, the EPP leader in the European Parliament, Germany’s Manfred Weber (who has been in conflict with Viktor Orbán since the 2019 European election campaign) and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met to discuss a future…

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Hungary: National consultation on European sanctions against Russia and the cost of living

The Editorial Board October 21, 2022

Hungary – In the last few days, Hungarians have been receiving in their letterboxes government letters with a new national consultation that was announced in September. It is the kind of consultations that are organised every once in a while to bolster…

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European Commission reluctant to sanction Hungary and Poland

The Editorial Board March 16, 2022

Hungary/Poland/EU – The European Parliament voted on 10 March, by 478 votes to 155, in favour of enforcing financial sanctions against Hungary and Poland after the ECJ’s rejection of the two countries’ objections to the “rule of law” conditionality mechanism. However, in…

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European Parliament sanctions Hungary and Poland in midst of humanitarian crisis

The Editorial Board March 14, 2022

Hungary/Poland – By Thursday, 10 March, the war in Ukraine had been going on for a fortnight. Hungary and Poland found themselves on the front lines of a massive influx of Ukrainian refugees, and had already taken in more than 1.5 million…