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Viktor Orbán Evokes a Possible Future for Fidesz Outside the EPP

The Editorial Board March 11, 2019

By the editors of the Visegrád Post. For the first time, Viktor Orbán evokes a possible future for Fidesz outside the EPP. Is the Fidesz-EPP split still preventable? The Visegrád Post has already reported on the Hungarian government's campaign against Jean-Claude Juncker…

Politics

“The liberal order is collapsing”: the harsh statement of Viktor Orbán; FULL SPEECH at a conference held in memory of Helmut Kohl

The Editorial Board June 25, 2018

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at a conference held in memory of Helmut Kohl 16 June 2018, Budapest Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, President Spengler, President Zoltán Balog, I…

Society

Victory for the V4: the European Union bans double quality of brand products

The Editorial Board April 16, 2018

European Union – The European Commission has announced on April 11th its will to ban difference of quality level for brand products depending on their destination market. A lot of brands sold products in Central and Eastern Europe that were presented as…

Society

27 years old and stronger than ever

Ferenc Almássy February 15, 2018

By Ferenc Almássy. Central Europe - The Visegrád Group is 27 years old on February 15, 2018. Never has its influence been so important. Created on 15 February 1991 by Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia (which split into two states, the Czech Republic…

Politics

Why so much fuss about the Visegrad Group?

Gábor Tóth February 8, 2018

By Gabor Toth, President of the V4-China association. Visegrad Group - In the recent years, the international media has helped make the profile of the V4 rise significantly. It is fair to say that the V4 have never been so important and…

Politics

N. Farage: “The EU’s goal is assimilation”

Mariann Őry February 1, 2018

By Mariann Őry. Interview conducted for the Hungarian conservative daily newspaper Magyar Hírlap and published on 2018, January 29. The former chairman of UKIP, Nigel Farage spoke in the European Parliament against George Soros’s allies, and always defends Viktor Orban in the regular…

Politics

Is the Polish reshuffle a way of easing relations with Brussels?

Olivier Bault January 12, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - The dominant discourse in the international media after the 9th of January's cabinet reshuffle in Warsaw was all about the PiS, after changing the Prime Minister in December, trying to appease relations with Brussels. In fact, if…

Politics

Hungary to veto EC’s “unprecedented and astounding” article 7 procedure against Poland

The Editorial Board December 23, 2017

Article originally published on Hungary Today. Hungary - The European Commission’s decision to launch Article 7.1 procedure against Poland over its judicial reforms is “unprecedented and astounding”, Zsolt Semjén, Hungary’s deputy prime minister said, adding that Hungary may veto it. The decision seriously…

Interviews

L. Kövér: “We would like to take the European Union in the opposite direction to the one the Commission wants for a few years now”

Ferenc Almássy December 3, 2017

Hungary - Interview with the Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly, László Kövér: "We would like to take the European Union in the opposite direction to the one the Commission wants for few years now." On the occasion of an informal summit…

Politics

2017 Eastern Partnership Summit: “Stronger together”

The Editorial Board November 27, 2017

Belgium, Brussels - The 5th Eastern Partnership Summit took place on Friday, November 24, in Brussels. It was a moment to look at the achievements of the last two years in the EU's relationships with its six Eastern partners, and to look…

Politics

Juncker negociates with the V4

The Editorial Board October 21, 2017

European Union - Visegrád Group leaders met for a working dinner hosted by Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, to discuss future of the EU and avoid an EU split. The meeting was the first time Juncker had hosted altogether the…

Politics

The Carnegie Foundation attacks Warsaw and Budapest

Mihály Kecskeméthy September 11, 2017

By Mihály Kecskeméthy. Poland and Hungary - On September 4, 2017, the Carnegie Foundation published an article entitled "Defending EU Values in Poland an Hungary", in which the editors accuse Warsaw and Budapest of posing a threat to the future of the European…