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A “Declaration for a free Europe of Nations” announcing a possible new European group

Ferenc Almássy August 29, 2023

Hungary – On Saturday 26 August, at the initiative of Hungary’s Mi Hazánk party, representatives of six European parties met in the Hungarian parliament to sign a joint declaration expressing their shared views on important issues in Western politics. With the campaign…

Politics

The L’SNS has fallen apart: Uhrík, Mazurek and their fellows left Kotleba

The Editorial Board January 29, 2021

Slovakia - The tension is growing inside the right wing fasict-like L’SNS party. After their conflicts with Marian Kotleba, many high profile people left the party, such as Milan Uhrík, MEP and Milan Mazurek, Ondrej Ďurica, Miroslav Urban, Miroslav Suja and Eduard…

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“Together, we’ll prevail once more” says Viktor Orbán

The Editorial Board September 30, 2020

Hungary – Every summer, the Hungarian Prime Minister gives lectures in political philosophy and commentates governmental strategy. This year, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, none of these summer meetings took place. Christian Democrat Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made up these…

Interviews

Péter Jakab: “We will only be able to bring this regime down with the help of the other parties”

The Editorial Board July 29, 2020

Hungary - Interview with Péter Jakab, president of Jobbik, the Hungarian populist movement, formerly radical nationalist: “We will only be able to bring down this regime with the help of the other parties”. At the beginning of June, Ferenc Almássy and Nicolas…

Politics

Jobbik: A Brief History of a Political 180

The Editorial Board May 5, 2019

By the Visegrád Post Editorial Staff Hungary - Long considered the most radical parliamentary party in Europe, over the course of only a few years, Jobbik has morphed into a centrist and pro-European Union party, completely abandoning its former radical rhetoric opposing…

Interviews

Evtis: “One can love their nation and respect the other nations”

Sébastien Meuwissen March 18, 2019

Interview with the Polish rapper Evtis, "One can love their nation and be proud of it, and respect the other nations, their traditions and their culture". Poland - On the 11th of November, the Independance March in Warsow gathered near to 300.000 people.…

Politics

The “Western League”: One Last Stand-up Comedy Routine of the Romanian Deep State?

Modeste Schwartz January 4, 2019

By Raoul Weiss. Romania - While Paris burns, the news of recent weeks in Romania has been dominated by a theme that, viewed from abroad, looks a bit exotic: the mayors of the four largest cities in the west of the country…

Society

Poland and the Jews on the fiftieth anniversary of March 68: the antisemitic campaign of 1968 seen by a Polish Jew witness of the events

Olivier Bault March 18, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - The theme of Polish anti-Semitism is back. With the new Polish memorial law, Poland is under attack from all sides, especially from Israel and the United States. After a little calming down, the attacks started again when…

Politics

The false powder keg of Subcarpathia: beware of manipulations

Ferenc Almássy February 28, 2018

By Ferenc Almássy. Ukraine, Transcarpathia / Subcarpathia - Recently, many articles have been published, all more alarmists than the others, on the situation of Hungarians in Ukraine. Everything is definitely not fine, but a warm down and a clarification are needed as…

Politics

Poland: Fake News, massive patriotism and a new dawn

Ferenc Almássy November 13, 2017

By Ferenc Almássy. Poland, Warsaw - On November 11, 2017, tens of thousands of people marched in Warsaw during the Independence march, organized annually by a nationalist association, and which had as slogan for this year "We want God". The liberal left-wing…

Politics

Fico Against Populism?

The Editorial Board January 3, 2017

Slovakia - The Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is often seen as populist, asked his European counterparts to avoid referendums. Meantime, Slovakia banned vigilante patrols. Robert Fico, the social-democrat Prime Minister of Slovakia, is seen as one of the main populist leaders…

Society

Slovakia’s Nationalist Temptation

The Editorial Board December 20, 2016

Slovakia - The small Carpathian country's population is more and more inclined to support nationalist parties, and even 25% of the Slovaks would support a dictatorship. Prime Minister Robert Fico, even though he is member of Smer, a centrist left-wing party, is…