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Splendours and Dangers of a Victory

Modeste Schwartz April 15, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary - Analysis of the electoral results of April 8, which gave Viktor Orbán's Fidesz a third consecutive mandate. Why rejoice? Let's start with a cynical statement: the FIDESZ strategists have earned their fees. They are obviously based on…

Interviews

András Bencsik: “The main question is, can we save our sovereignty or not? This is the main question.”

The Editorial Board April 8, 2018

Hungary, Budapest - Interview with András Bencsik, Editor-in-Chief of the pro-governmental weekly Magyar Demokrata: "The main question is, can we save our sovereignty or not? This is the main question." This interview was conducted at the beginning of February 2018.…

Interviews

Péter Márki-Zay: “My hope would be for a technocrat government”

Nicolas de Lamberterie April 6, 2018

Hungary - Péter Marki-Zay: " My hope would be for a technocrat government, a managing government, whose primary purpose would be to restore democracy, freedom of the press, the state of law, the market economy, and the commitment to European integration. " …

Politics

Anna Horváth’s Case and What it Tells Us

Modeste Schwartz April 3, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - At the beginning of the 2000s, the socio-political situation of Romania, on the surface, was quite similar to the cliché which the mainstream Western press cherishes when it comes to “Eastern Europe”. The country – with the…

Politics

Italy looks closely at the Hungarian elections

The Editorial Board March 28, 2018

By Massimiliano Ferrari, columnist at Il Populista. Hungary - The Hungarian elections will be followed with great interest also in Italy and especially in Lombardy and Veneto, the two economic-cultural locomotives of a country which certainly is a bridge between Europe and…

Politics

Why do they Want the Head of Viktor Orbán?

Modeste Schwartz March 27, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary - Geopolitical implications of the Hungarian Elections of April 8. After a contextual presentation of the current actors on the Hungarian political scene on the eve of the April 8 elections, followed by a socio-cultural analysis of the…

Politics

Hungary: The False Friends of Viktor Orbán

Modeste Schwartz March 20, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary - In connection with the small “earthquake” of February 25, I stated in a recent editorial that the “communication” problems (which are currently hotly debated within FIDESZ and among its supporters) reveal underlying sociological realities…

Politics

Viktor Orbán’s ceremonial speech on the 170th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 – FULL SPEECH

The Editorial Board March 19, 2018

Hungary, Budapest - On March 15, 2018, Hungary celebrated the 170th anniversary of the Revolution of 1848. But three weeks ahead of the elections, it was also an eminently political day. Hundreds of thousands of people marched to show their support to…

Politics

Orbán: “we must fight against an organized international network”

The Editorial Board March 16, 2018

Hungary - On the occasion of the National Day and three weeks ahead of the elections, Viktor Orbán demonstrated his popularity and his determination to fight against "an organized international network". On March 15, Hungary celebrates the Revolution for Independence of 1848-1849.…

Society

Central Europe and the European economy

Thibaud Gibelin March 13, 2018

By Thibaud Cassel. Central Europe - Economic competition confronts Europe with the rest of the world, but first of all European countries with each other. The political dispute over migration quotas has recently crystallized one of the economical tensions that runs across…

Politics

Hungary: Bring Them the Head of Viktor Orbán

Modeste Schwartz March 8, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary - On Monday, February 26, Viktor Orbán's Hungary woke up with a severe hangover. The defeat of a FIDESZ-majority candidate in a special municipal election, in itself, should not have caused an earthquake. Even in Hódmezővásárhely, a small…

Politics

Orbán: sovereignty as the key to success

The Editorial Board March 7, 2018

Article originally published on The Hungary Journal. Hungary - If Hungary avoids becoming an immigrant country, it will prosper, otherwise it will “regress, decline and stagnate”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at an event of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce in Budapest on…