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2019 European Parliament Elections: Chess Game in Central Europe

The Editorial Board January 16, 2019

By the editorial board. What will the European Parliament look like after the elections of May 26? Chess game in Central Europe, Salvini's activism, repositioning of Western European populists, consequences of Brexit and questions about Fidesz and ANO. The meeting between…

Interviews

Max Ferrari: “The League wants to cooperate with Fidesz and Law and Justice”

Ferenc Almássy November 3, 2018

Interview conducted by Olivier Bault for the magazine Do Rzeczy : “Italy closer to the V4?” An interview with Max Ferrari, journalist, international affairs expert for the Italian party Lega, and advisor to the President of the Region of Lombardy,…

Politics

“The Parisian threat to suspend the subventions endangers the unity of the EU,” said the Hungarian Foreign Minister

The Editorial Board September 2, 2018

“This is blackmail. We are sick of it”. Hungary – In an interview given to Die Presse, the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó attacked his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, rejected the accusations about the so called “lack of solidarity”…

Politics

European Summit: small victory for the V4

The Editorial Board June 30, 2018

On Thursday 28 and Friday 29 of June the leaders of the 28 Member States of the European Union met in Brussels for a summit to discuss in particular migration policy at a European scale. A summit that has brought some progress…

Politics

What is the significance of Visegrád?

Gábor Tóth June 5, 2018

By Gábor Tóth, President of the Gateway to Europe, V4-China Association. Visegrád Group - As the political turmoil in Italy continues, the Visegrad group stands out more and more as the island of common sense, stability, long-term thinking and old European values.…

Politics

Emmanuel Macron and Central Europe: does France risk a divorce on the Rhine ?

Thibaud Gibelin April 24, 2018

By Thibaud Cassel. European Union - Emmanuel Macron is he man of the ”great leap forward” in terms of European integration. The explicit reluctance of the Visegrád Group is being brushed aside: the reform concerns first the euro zone, and the ones…

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

“The West will fall, as Europe is occupied without realising it,” said Viktor Orbán. “Christianity is the last hope” – FULL SPEECH

The Editorial Board February 20, 2018

Hungary - On Sunday, February 18, Viktor Orbán held his annual state of the nation address at the castle of Budapest. 6 weeks ahead of the elections that, according to the polls, he will probably win again, for a third time in…

Politics

The Visegrád group supports Italy in light of growing migrant crisis

The Editorial Board July 21, 2017

Hungary, Budapest - The V4 are ready to contribute to Italian and European efforts aimed at halting the illegal flow of migrants from Libya and other parts of North Africa towards Europe – and especially towards Italy. Prime Ministers of the Visegrád…

Politics

Relocation of “migrants” and solidarity: when the elites of Western Europe take the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Europe for fools

The Editorial Board May 31, 2017

Editorial by Paweł Lisicki, editor of the influential Polish conservative weekly Do Rzeczy, published -in Polish- in the 2017, May 22 issue under the title "Kto tu jest solidarny" (Who's solidary here). Translated by the Visegrád Post, thanks to Olivier Bault. One would…

Politics

Vienna Summit: a meeting between Merkel and Balkans’ leaders

The Editorial Board September 28, 2016

Austria, Vienna - On Saturday, September 24, several European leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and representatives of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and the President of the…

Society

Border control between Austria and Hungary

The Editorial Board April 26, 2016

Austria - The border between Hungary and Austria is no longer without control. The Austrian authorities re-imposed on April 25 controls at the border with Hungary. The construction of a fence is currently discussed. According to the Austrian authorities, the upcoming opening…