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Visegrád Group: national parliaments shall have more weight in the EU’s political decision-making process

The Editorial Board September 27, 2017

The Visegrád Post offers you the translation of an article published on September 25, 2017, on Mandiner, a centrist and conservative media of Hungary. Visegrád Group - The place of national parliaments should be strengthened in the European decision-making process, says the…

Politics

Poland and Hungary reiterate their unity against Brussels

The Editorial Board September 25, 2017

Poland, Warsaw - On Friday, September 22, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán traveled to Warsaw to meet his Polish counterpart Beata Szydło. The two heads of governments were keen to recall their understanding to face the EU's federalist and pro-immigration project. On…

Politics

Viktor Orbán: Christianity and identity versus western liberalism

The Editorial Board September 20, 2017

Hungary, Budapest - Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reiterated strong remarks for the start of the parliamentary year and nailed his strategy for the final months of his current mandate. Mid-September, Viktor Orbán held two keynote speeches for parliamentary opening after the summer…

Politics

The future of the European Union discussed at the 27th Krynica Economic Forum

Olivier Bault September 15, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland, Krynica - The 26th Krynica Economic Forum became quite famous last year when Viktor Orbán and Jarosław Kaczyński called out for a cultural counter-revolution in Europe. At this forum often referred to as the "Davos forum of Central…

Society

“Eastern Europeans Begin to Grow Tired of Western Colonialism”

The Editorial Board September 14, 2017

Romania - Author of four books (the latest in 2016, entitled “Romania: a colony in the confines of Europe”) and hundreds of highly-read articles in the Romanian press over the last twenty years,…

Politics

The Carnegie Foundation attacks Warsaw and Budapest

Mihály Kecskeméthy September 11, 2017

By Mihály Kecskeméthy. Poland and Hungary - On September 4, 2017, the Carnegie Foundation published an article entitled "Defending EU Values in Poland an Hungary", in which the editors accuse Warsaw and Budapest of posing a threat to the future of the European…

Interviews

Zoltán Kovács: “the decision of the European Court is rather a political decision than a legal decision”

Nicolas de Lamberterie September 7, 2017

Following the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the migrants quotas, the Visegrád Post called the spokesperson of the Hungarian government, Zoltán Kovács, to ask how the governement of Prime Minister Orbán is facing the current situation…

Politics

The Visegrád Group opens to the East

Ferenc Almássy September 3, 2017

Hungary, Budapest - Expanding the European Union’s list of Eastern partner countries is of strategic importance to the Visegrád Group, Hungary’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference after a meeting of V4 leaders, European Commission and Estonian…

Politics

Hungary asks EU to pay the half of its fence’s costs

The Editorial Board September 1, 2017

Hungary - On Thursday, August 31, Hungarian government officially asked the European Commission to show some "solidarity" and pay half of the cost Hungary has incurred for border management. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has asked Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission,…

Politics

Frictions on the issue of posted workers

Mihály Kecskeméthy August 31, 2017

By Mihály Kecskeméthy. European Union - Suffering an unprecedented decline of popularity in the history of the Fifth Republic, President Macron seems to choose an attack-based strategy, putting an end to his will to sit on the sidelines. For several days now, he has…

Interviews

Pierre-Yves Rougeyron : “The EU, like the Soviet Union, is irreformable”

The Editorial Board August 30, 2017

France - Interview with Pierre-Yves Rougeyron, French sovereignist intellectual : "The EU, like the Soviet Union, is irreformable" Pierre-Yves Rougeyron is a young French sovereignist intellectual. Alumni of the Economic school of war, he has written a book on the law of the…

Politics

How Macron failed in Central Europe

Ferenc Almássy August 29, 2017

By Ferenc Almássy. Central Europe - One of French President Emmanuel Macron's campaign promises was to take action against the "social dumping" caused by workers from "Eastern Europe." In the view of the pro-European candidate, this situation has arisen primarily due to…