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Unacceptable Scholz’s Proposals

Ivo Strejček September 26, 2022

Czechia - Five years ago, when French President Macron formulated his ideas on the future of the European Union, he chose for his speech the Sorbonne University in Paris. Apparently, he considered this place to be authentic enough for a French politician…

Society

After the war – the future of Polish-Ukrainian relations

David Engels June 7, 2022

Poland - History repeats itself: the Germans want to save the world for their own good, the British want nothing more to do with the continent, the Russians loot in war rather than fight - and the Poles heroically fight on the…

Politics

Viktor Orbán’s Speech at the CPAC on 19 May 2022

The Editorial Board May 24, 2022

Hungary – On 19–20 May, the American Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which is the most important conservative event organised annually in the United States, was held in Budapest, Hungary. This was a first, as CPAC had never been held in Europe…

News

Now that Fidesz has won the elections, the EU is preparing sanctions

The Editorial Board April 7, 2022

Hungary/EU – Is the timing a coincidence? Probably not, as the same thing happened after the 2018 elections in Hungary: only two days after the Hungarians handed the Fidesz-KDNP coalition another mandate with a two-thirds majority in their 3 April parliamentary elections,…

Politics

Ukraine: what exactly is Hungary being reproached for?

Ferenc Almássy March 31, 2022

Hungary – “There can be no Russian networks in Europe that split the EU from within, those that are trying to help Russia make as much money as possible even now. Everyone knows very well who in the European Union opposes humanity…

News

Facing flood of refugees, Hungary asks EU for recovery loan

The Editorial Board March 25, 2022

Hungary – Last year, Hungary opted to only apply for the grant component of the NextGeneration EU recovery plan while waiving its loan component. Faced today with an influx of Ukrainian refugees, the Hungarian authorities have decided to ask the European Union…

News

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on a visit to Warsaw

The Editorial Board March 23, 2022

Poland – A direct consequence of the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine is that diplomatic consultations have been intensifying within the European Union. One such consultation occurred when Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki received his Dutch counterpart on Monday, 21 March…

Magyar Nemzet

Balázs Orbán: It’s time for Europe to take control of our own fate

Partenaire March 20, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 19 March 2022. “The ideological brainwashing of our children evokes the darkest periods of our history” “Nothing has changed since the communist manifesto: social classes were turned against each other then, and…

News

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…

Interviews

Rodrigo Ballester: “The MCC is the opposite of Cancel Culture that is wreaking havoc in the West.”

Thibaud Gibelin March 8, 2022

Hungary — Interview with Rodrigo Ballester, director of the Centre for European Studies at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Hungary: “Open-mindedness, critical thinking and freedom of tone are important to us, contrary to the Cancel Culture that wreaks havoc in the West.”…

Politics

The EU will not lay down arms against… Poland and Hungary

Olivier Bault March 8, 2022

This article was first published in the French daily newspaper Présent. EU/Poland/Hungary – Poland and Hungary are now the two EU countries that receive the most Ukrainian refugees. Between Thursday, 24 February – the first day of the war unleashed by Russia…

Interviews

Andriy Shkrabyuk: “Ukraine is a mixture of Eastern religiosity and Western political traditions”

Olivier Bault March 4, 2022

Ukraine – Interview with Ukrainian academic Andriy Shkrabyuk: “Historically, Ukrainian independence already existed at the time of the Cossacks, that is, in the second half of the 17th century. Various elements of this Ukrainian Hetmanate functioned until 1783. In addition, there was…

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