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Child protection: the questions to be asked in the Hungarian referendum

The Editorial Board December 3, 2021

Hungary – In June, the Hungarian parliament passed a much-publicised amendment to its child protection law. In addition to increased penalties for convicted paedophiles, the amended law introduced a ban on LGBT propaganda in schools. That was all it took for the…

Poland/European Union – After the reactions to the Polish prime minister’s speech in the European Parliament on Tuesday, 19 October, one would be tempted to paraphrase Winston Churchill when alluding to the double retreat made last year by PM Mateusz Morawiecki: at…

Politics Olivier Bault October 22, 2021

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Poland: “Stop LGBT” bill to be debated in Sejm

The Editorial Board October 21, 2021

Poland – Presented by a foundation named Życie i Rodzina (Life and Family), the “Stop LGBT” citizens’ bill, which has been signed by 140,000 voters, will be examined by MPs in a first reading on 28 and 29 October. LGBT demands incompatible…

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Four Polish provinces give in to LGBT blackmail

The Editorial Board September 30, 2021

Poland - After the Lesser Poland (Małopolskie) voivodship on 22 September and the Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) voivodship on 24 September, the Subcarpathian (Podkarpackie) and Lublin voivodships followed suit on 27 September when their provincial assemblies repealed their 2019 resolutions by which they…

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March for Life and Family in Warsaw

Agnieszka Golańska-Bault September 27, 2021

Poland - On Sunday, 19 September, the streets of Warsaw’s historic centre were filled with those taking part in the March for Life and Family. This was the event’s sixteenth consecutive year. Last year, such marches took place simultaneously in 140 Polish…

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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…

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Under pressure from LGBT lobby, Brussels cuts subsidies to Polish region

The Editorial Board August 18, 2021

Poland – Lesser Poland (Małopolska) is a voivodship (region) in southern Poland, with Kraków as its capital. It is also one of the Polish regions whose representatives – mostly those from PiS – adopted a resolution in 2019 declaring the regional administration’s…

Magyar Nemzet

Hungary is Europe’s shining beacon

Partenaire August 10, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 9, August 2021. Giusy D’Amico: Dangerous and harmful ideologies have creeped into the Italian schools. Unidentified people and companies entered schools, held sexual education lessons describing sex changes options, and promoted homosexuality…

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Polish academic sentenced in Germany for his work on homosexuality in the Church

Olivier Bault August 5, 2021

Poland/Germany – The conviction in Germany of Dariusz Oko, a Catholic priest, professor of humanities and lecturer at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, has caused a stir in Poland. The story has even made it to the cover…

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Viktor Orbán announces referendum on child protection law

The Editorial Board July 22, 2021

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the country on Wednesday 21 July, announcing in a video on his Facebook account that a referendum will soon be held on the child protection law, which is also known as the anti-paedophile law…

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“LGBT Rights”: European Commission launches proceedings against Hungary and Poland

The Editorial Board July 18, 2021

Hungary/Poland – Many political observers expected that the latent conflict between the two Central European countries and EU institutions over “European values” – recently called “imaginary values” by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša – would eventually lead to the European Commission launching new infringement…

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Ideological disqualification versus argument: the Hungarian case

Simon-Pál Schümmer July 13, 2021

Hungary – The Hungarian law on paedophilia and the protection of children concerning sexuality, which was passed by the unicameral Országház (Hungarian parliament) on 15 June, has been written about extensively and has caused heated debate. There have been countless reactions from…