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Hungarian opposition furious over U.S. money for Márki-Zay’s campaign

The Editorial Board November 14, 2022

Hungary – On 16 October, Péter Márki-Zay, Viktor Orbán’s unsuccessful opponent in last April’s parliamentary elections, admitted on his Facebook account that his Hungary for All Movement (MMM) had received 1.8 billion forints (4.4 million euros) from American funds during his election…

Politics

Hungarian strategic thinking explained to Poles

Olivier Bault November 9, 2022

Hungary / Poland - The century-old Polish–Hungarian friendship has been going through a turbulent period in recent months due to deep differences concerning the war in Ukraine. While Poland has provided massive support to its Ukrainian neighbour from the outset, including in…

Society

After the war – the future of Polish-Ukrainian relations

David Engels June 7, 2022

Poland - History repeats itself: the Germans want to save the world for their own good, the British want nothing more to do with the continent, the Russians loot in war rather than fight - and the Poles heroically fight on the…

Politics

Viktor Orbán’s Speech at the CPAC on 19 May 2022

The Editorial Board May 24, 2022

Hungary – On 19–20 May, the American Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which is the most important conservative event organised annually in the United States, was held in Budapest, Hungary. This was a first, as CPAC had never been held in Europe…

Politics

Viktor Orbán: “Dangerous proposals are on NATO’s table”

Yann Caspar March 24, 2022

Hungary/NATO – On 21 March, following negotiations with the President of the European Council Charles Michel, the Hungarian head of government posted a video mes-sage on his Facebook page. In this video, he expressed concern about proposals that could be made by…

Politics

Realistically about the Tragic Situation in Ukraine

The Editorial Board March 22, 2022

The following editorial was written by former Czech president Václav Klaus, and was submitted for publication at the Visegrád Post by the Václav Klaus Institute. The suffering of hundreds of thousands of civilians as well as that of soldiers (and not…

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Poland ready to deliver MiG-29s indirectly to Ukraine, but Washington backtracks

The Editorial Board March 11, 2022

Poland/Ukraine – With the war in Ukraine triggered by Russia’s invasion having been going on for nearly a fortnight, Poland, Ukraine’s main supporter in the European Union and the Atlantic Alliance, indicated on Tuesday its willingness to hand over all of its…

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NATO reinforcing military presence on eastern flank

The Editorial Board February 25, 2022

Poland/Baltic states – Anticipating the full-scale Russian attack on Ukraine that began in the early hours of Thursday, 24 February, NATO had undertaken in recent days to reinforce its military presence in Poland and the Baltic states. American military reinforcements in Poland …

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Slovakia: ratification of the defence agreement with the United States

The Editorial Board February 15, 2022

Slovakia/United States – After a debate marked, on 8 February, by an incident between nationalist and liberal deputies and several demonstrations of protest in front of the parliament, last Wednesday the Slovak National Council finally approved the defence cooperation agreement between Slovakia…

Politics

The United States and the Polish foreign policy dilemma

David Engels February 10, 2022

Poland/USA – It is always surprising to note that Polish conservatives' views on the United States are completely different from those of the French or Germans, even and especially in the context of the current Russian-Ukrainian crisis. This may be a truism,…

Magyar Nemzet

We do not want another Cold War!

Partenaire January 29, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 25 January 2022. „We do not want another Cold War. We respectfully ask everyone not to generate a Cold War atmosphere“ – said Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,…

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Polish-Ukrainian summit held against backdrop of tensions with Russia

The Editorial Board January 25, 2022

Poland/Ukraine – Polish President Andrzej Duda received his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at his residence in Wisła (near Cieszyn, Silesia) on 20-21 January. The two heads of state mainly discussed security issues resulting from the growing tensions between Ukraine, NATO, and Russia.…