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Conference on sustainable democracy in Budapest

The Editorial Board September 22, 2021

Hungary – Parallel to the opposition’s primary for the spring 2022 parliamentary elections, a “Forum for Building Sustainable Democracies” organised by the city of Budapest and Central European University (CEU) took place in Hungary’s capital on 16-17 September. This conference brought together…

Interviews

George Simion: “Germany now controls a big part of our internal and external affairs”

Ferenc Almássy September 19, 2021

George Simion, President of the Romanian patriotic party AUR: "Regarding the Visegrád Group, we have the same history, we have the same interests, and we will have the same future. We cannot rely on Germany, which now controls a big part of…

Politics

Selection of remarks made during the Hungarian opposition’s primary debate

Yann Caspar September 17, 2021

Hungary – On Sunday, 12 September, the ATV television channel organised a debate between the five candidates running in the opposition’s primary. The first and second rounds of the opposition coalition’s primary will be held in late September and early October. For…

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European Parliament continues pro-LGBT crusade – Reactions in Central Europe

The Editorial Board September 16, 2021

European Union – Pursuing its policy of standardising the EU and establishing “LGBT rights” in all Member States to create a more “rainbow-coloured Europe”, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on 13 September calling on the European Commission to take action to…

Interviews

Hungary’s State Secretary for Persecuted Christians: we’ve helped 340 million people remain in their homeland

Sébastien Meuwissen September 15, 2021

Interview with Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and for the Hungary Helps Program: “We were the first government to address the need of 340 million people whose human rights are violated.” The position of the…

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Central Europe takes stand against illegal immigration

The Editorial Board September 10, 2021

Central Europe – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš played host to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger at Lednice Castle near Břeclav in southern Moravia on Tuesday, September 7. The risk of a new migration crisis was on…

Society

The four-day week: cure or symptom?

Yann Caspar September 8, 2021

In vogue since the early 1990s and tested by several countries and some companies since then, the four-day working week has been actively discussed since the beginning of the “Covid era”. In March 2020, the Hungarian Euro-enthusiast party Momentum even included it…

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For German liberals, the Article 7 procedure must be followed by sanctions

The Editorial Board September 7, 2021

Germany/Hungary – The German parliamentary elections will take place in less than three weeks, on 26 September, and will most probably lead to significant changes in the political landscape, with opinion polls looking disastrous for the CDU, now led by centrist politician…

Society

Maria Schmidt’s open letter to Boris Johnson

The Editorial Board September 5, 2021

Hungary - Following the Hungary-England football match on Thursday 2 September, during which racist abuse was reported, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a tweet in which he expressed that it was "completely unacceptable that England players were racially abused in…

Politics

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…

Politics

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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Sergey Lavrov and Péter Szijjártó hold talks in Budapest

The Editorial Board August 27, 2021

Hungary/Russia – Taking a brief break from his election campaign activities in Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Budapest on Tuesday 24 August before travelling on to Vienna and then Rome. Following their talks, Mr…