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We are yet to see the day when radical imams espouse French or English nationalism from their minbars. The rise of Islam in Paris, London and other urban hubs of the West tends to be viewed as a foreign phenomenon…
The claim that France is at risk of being plunged into anarchy – and maybe even full-fledged civil war – has been made by several high-ranking officers and political leaders in recent years. But if a civil war does break out, the…
Hungary / Romania - Each year, end of July, Viktor Orbán holds a speech of political philosophy at the summer camp of Bálványos in Băile Tușnad (Tusványos or Tusnádfürdő in Hungarian) in Transylvania – a region formerly Hungarian, of which many parts…
Hungary – Despite the recurring conflicts between Hungary and the European Union’s institutions, there are still issues on which agreement can be reached. One of them is apparently the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant.
On May 25, the…
Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Paris on Monday, 13 March, where he was received by French President Emmanuel Macron for a working dinner at the Élysée Palace. The two leaders discussed the Russian-Ukrainian war and the development of the…
Hungary – The least that can be said is that the French and Hungarian governments are generally not on the same wavelength. However, there are some areas where Paris and Budapest have similar stances, as is the case with nuclear power.
During…
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Do not believe any information until it has been denied by the Kremlin: this warning may sound like a joke, but it was taken seriously in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, and the attitude remains valid in…
Poland – The Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported on 12 December that the 2013 Dublin III Regulation on the member states responsible for examining asylum applications was now being strictly applied to Poland.
The issue is about migrants mainly of Afghan and…
The French president’s speech to the European Parliament does not bode well.
An editorial by Paweł Lisicki, editor-in-chief of the influential Polish conservative weekly Do Rzeczy, published in the 24 January 2022 issue under the title “‘Wszystko to wróży jak najgorzej’. Macron…
In our industrial societies, energy policies are steeped in paradox. Ideology versus pragmatism, ecology versus economic appetites, idealistic sobriety versus materialist hedonism. Nothing should be further from energy policies than announcement effects or emotional reactions. But in our troubled times nothing escapes…
France / Hungary / V4 - The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, visited Hungary on Monday, December 13, where he began with a visit to the tomb of the Marxist philosopher Ágnes Heller, before meeting with his Hungarian counterpart János…
European Union – Launched by the European Commission in 2019 and tied to a “climate package” of 12 targets in July 2021, the European Green Deal has again been much discussed in recent weeks, with the energy choices it entails being blamed…