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Katalin Novák elected as Hungary’s new president

The Editorial Board March 14, 2022

Hungary – As expected due to the Fidesz-KDNP coalition’s overwhelming majority there, former Family Minister Katalin Novák was elected by the Hungarian National Assembly to succeed János Áder as President of the Republic on Thursday. She obtained 137 votes against 51 for…

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Orbán and Morawiecki meet Abascal and Le Pen in Madrid

Olivier Bault February 1, 2022

Spain - A little less than two months after their summit in Warsaw, the parties that signed the Statement on the Future of Europe last July met on Friday and Saturday in Madrid at the invitation of the Vox party, to give…

Magyar Nemzet

Fidesz and allies open a joint office in Brussels

Partenaire February 1, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 31 January 2022. After a two-day summit in Madrid, European right-wing parties agreed to set up an office in Brussels for coordination, announced Jorge Buxadé, MEP and spokesperson of the Spanish Vox…

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Brussels using recovery fund to force LGBT agenda on Hungary

The Editorial Board January 24, 2022

Hungary/European Union – While the left-wing groups in the European Parliament are now openly interfering in the campaign for the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 3 April, on Thursday, 20 January, MEP Enikő Győri (Fidesz) gave new evidence that the European Commission is…

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Conservative summit in Warsaw with Marine Le Pen getting closer to Polish leaders

Olivier Bault December 7, 2021

Poland - “Kaczyński’s Germanophobia and his extreme unwillingness to build a strong European Union have led to Putin’s fascist friends now being welcomed as heroes in Warsaw. Another step towards dismantling the European Community from within. And another step towards Polexit.” This is…

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Viktor Orbán: Homo brusselicus wants to take away all our rights

The Editorial Board November 17, 2021

Hungary – 1,472 delegates from all over Hungary and around 600 guests (diplomats, scientists, artists, and sportsmen) gathered on Sunday, 14 November at the Budapest Fairgrounds (Hungexpo) for the 29th Fidesz Congress, unsurprisingly reappointing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with 1,061 votes as…

Magyar Nemzet

Tamás Deutsch to the EPP: Isn’t it time for some self-reflection?

Partenaire November 13, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 11 November 2021. “Don’t you think it is finally time for some quiet self-reflection?” wrote Tamás Deutsch on Monday in his open letter to the European People’s Party in…

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Marine Le Pen’s helping hand to Hungary and Poland

Ferenc Almássy October 31, 2021

Hungary – From Monday to Wednesday, the candidate of the National Rally (RN) in France’s upcoming presidential election was in Budapest to meet with Viktor Orbán and to talk about, among other things, forming a joint parliamentary group in the European Parliament.…

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Viktor Orbán’s commemoration speech on the 65th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution

The Editorial Board October 25, 2021

Hungary - Hungary commemorated its 1956 uprising against Soviet rule on 23 October, a conflict which made a significant impact on both national and European history. This public holiday has become a political rally day over the past decade, with each of…

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A politically decisive time for the Hungarian government

Yann Caspar September 4, 2021

Hungary – After many months of media hype on public health issues, “restrictive measures”, and compulsory mask-wearing indoors and outdoors, Hungarians have been living since the beginning of July in relative normality. One might call it a parallel reality, given that most…

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Hungary: primary launched by opposition with view to spring 2022 legislative election

Nicolas de Lamberterie September 1, 2021

Hungary – With eight months to go until Hungary’s spring 2022 parliamentary election, the election campaign is now fully under way. In an attempt to topple Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, which has been in power with a two-thirds supermajority in parliament since 2010,…

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Hungarian Fidesz and Austrian FPÖ coming closer together

The Editorial Board July 9, 2021

Hungary/Austria – After Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent him a letter congratulating him on his election as leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) on 19 June, with the support of 88.24% of the delegates at an extraordinary congress, the…