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French Secretary of State for European Affairs conducts LGBT diplomacy in Poland

Olivier Bault March 12, 2021

Poland – Clément Beaune, the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, made a visit to Poland on Monday and Tuesday. Since Emmanuel Macron was elected president, France has been somewhat cool towards Poland’s leaders, whom Macron has described as being “below…

Politics

Matovič visits Macron in France

The Editorial Board February 2, 2021

Slovakia - On Wednesday Igor Matovič Slovak Prime minister goes to an official visit to France. The Slovakian Prime Minister will meet the President of the French Republic, Emanuel Macron on Wednesday. According to the press office of the government on the…

Magyar Nemzet

Guerilla, Trianon, and a Frenchman proud of the Hungarians

Partenaire December 19, 2020

Laurent Obertone, author of the book, Guerilla, likens his homeland to a powder keg Immigration, deterioration of public security, and most importantly, migration, constitute the leading causes of the recent terror attacks—revealed Laurent Obertone in his exclusive interview with Magyar Nemzet. His…

Politics

In spite of a pandemic raging, some in Europe have reopened their borders to illegal immigration

Olivier Bault September 19, 2020

European Union - At a press conference held in the last days of August, unrepentant German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she would “make essentially the same decisions” today if confronted with the same situation as during the migrant crisis…

Politics

Why Hungary and Poland, and not Italy and France?

Olivier Bault August 5, 2020

Europe - “The ‘systemic threats to the rule of law’ and of democracy may not be where one would think”, and “it will have escaped no one's notice that such power left in the hands of the European institutions can be turned…

Politics

Lecture of Viktor Orbán at the webinar conference “Europe Uncensored”

The Editorial Board July 14, 2020

On the 8th of July, a webinar conference entitled "Europe Uncensored" has been held, gathering the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the Serb President Aleksandar Vučić, the Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša and the MEP François-Xavier Bellamy. Here the transcript of Viktor…

Society

COVID-19 epidemic spreading slower in the V4 than in Western Europe thanks to measures taken earlier

Olivier Bault April 2, 2020

Visegrád Group - The first country of the Visegrád group to confirm cases of COVID-19 on its territory was Czechia on March 3. The remaining three countries quickly followed suit, as many people were returning from their winter holidays in such places…

Society

Poland against the coronavirus: the right measures at the right time?

Olivier Bault March 31, 2020

Poland - Almost four weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Poland (a Polish national returning from Germany who was tested positive on March 4), the measures taken by the government seem to have had a positive impact, like…

Society

Media pluralism in Poland and Hungary compared to France

Olivier Bault March 5, 2020

By Olivier Bault. Originally published in English on Kurier.plus. Poland/Hungary/France - The 2019 edition of the World Press Freedom Index puts Poland and Hungary respectively in 59th and 87th position out of 180 countries. 2019 World Press Freedom Index. Source: https://rsf.org/en/ranking Both…

Politics

Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Poland: some shared interests but opposing visions of a post-Brexit EU

Olivier Bault February 17, 2020

By Olivier Bault. Poland - This time the French mainstream media were much more vocal than during the French president’s October meeting with the Hungarian premier in Paris. Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Warsaw on February 3–4 was described as a turning point…

Interviews

François-Xavier Bellamy: “Other political groups are exploiting the rule of law for their own ends”

The Editorial Board January 22, 2020

Interview with François-Xavier Bellamy, French MEP belonging to “Les Républicains” (LR) and member of the EPP: “This situation highlights the fact that other parties are exploiting the rule of law in order to generate political dissent.” On Thursday January 16th, a resolution…

Society

Child benefits alone will not reverse the population decline in Hungary and Poland, as the examples of Germany and France show

Olivier Bault November 12, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally published on Kurier.plus by the Felczak Institute of Polish–Hungarian Cooperation. Central Europe - Budapest hosted its third demographic summit on September 5–6, attended by representatives from several Central European governments, including Czech PM Andrej Babiš,…

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