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Unacceptable Scholz’s Proposals

Ivo Strejček September 26, 2022

Czechia - Five years ago, when French President Macron formulated his ideas on the future of the European Union, he chose for his speech the Sorbonne University in Paris. Apparently, he considered this place to be authentic enough for a French politician…

Society

After the war – the future of Polish-Ukrainian relations

David Engels June 7, 2022

Poland - History repeats itself: the Germans want to save the world for their own good, the British want nothing more to do with the continent, the Russians loot in war rather than fight - and the Poles heroically fight on the…

News

Poland and Germany demanding from the EU: 1,000 euros/month per refugee

The Editorial Board April 2, 2022

Poland/Germany – The war in Ukraine is continuously feeding the daily flow of Ukrainian refugees in its neighbouring countries (4.1 million according to the latest UNHCR figures dated 31 March, including almost 2.4 million in Poland), the Polish and German governments asked,…

News

Ukrainian Foreign Minister points out Germany’s role in Russia’s attack

The Editorial Board March 15, 2022

Ukraine/Germany – Speaking on Sunday, 6 March on the weekly political programme presented by Anne Will on the first German television channel, ARD, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba insisted on his country’s refusal to give up its sovereignty and he pointed…

Magyar Nemzet

Open letter to the German Chancellor: The fight against antisemitism takes precedence over politics

Partenaire March 6, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 5 March 2022. “The fight against antisemitism must take precedence over political commitments at home and in Germany,” wrote Slomó Köves in his open letter to Olaf Scholz. The chief rabbi of…

News

Germany/Poland: Warsaw revives the issue of minorities

The Editorial Board February 11, 2022

Germany/Poland – Usually this is is a little known issue outside of Poland. Poland demands recognition by Germany of its Polish minority, a demand essentially supported at the political level by the PiS and the national-conservatives of Konfederacja. While Berlin turns a…

News

Ukrainian crisis causing friction between Germany and Poland

Olivier Bault January 31, 2022

Poland/Germany – In the face of growing tension between Russia and Ukraine, most Central European countries – Hungary being the exception – have closed ranks and stand in solidarity with Ukraine, whose sovereignty they consider threatened by repeated Russian army drills on…

Society

France and nuclear power, an opportunity for Europe?

Thibaud Gibelin December 29, 2021

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…

News

Emmanuel Macron in Budapest talks to Orbán, the V4 and the Hungarian opposition

The Editorial Board December 14, 2021

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…

News

Polish Deputy Minister of Justice denounces implementation of the Fourth Reich

The Editorial Board December 13, 2021

Poland – The Polish liberal opposition is once again in turmoil. Polish Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Romanowski spoke on TV Trwam about the latest developments in the conflicts between Poland and the European Union's leadership: "There is no doubt, looking at the…

News

Turów may be bad for the environment, but so is Jänschwalde

The Editorial Board October 25, 2021

Poland/Czech Republic – The Czech-Polish negotiations over the Turów open-pit mine do not seem to be leading to an amicable solution as quickly as Poland would like. After announcing – somewhat hastily – on 25 May that he had reached an agreement…

Interviews

Bence Bauer: “Germany, Hungary: Our two countries and peoples have a good relationship”

Yann Caspar October 15, 2021

Bence Bauer is a lawyer by training. He lived in Germany for more than twenty years before becoming the deputy head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Budapest. Today, he heads the German-Hungarian Institute at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium, a higher education…