Orbán had predicted Central Europe's rise. He ended up regretting it.
April 20. 2023. – 11:25 AM
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Mészáros R. Tamás
The Prime Minister has long asserted that the influence of Central Europe within the EU is on the rise. His prediction did come true after the invasion of Ukraine, but his regional allies deserted...
Orbán promises to make Hungary a ‘regional middle power’ – and keeps us guessing about the hows
January 10. 2023. – 01:44 PM
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Mészáros R. Tamás
In his latest foreign policy speech, the Prime Minister proclaimed that Hungary should avoid being marginalised by economic decoupling between the West and China and shuld strive to become a...
Why Orbán's "child protection referendum" makes no sense, and why it does
August 16. 2021. – 04:24 PM
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Zoltán Kovács
Shortly after the Hungarian law restricting LGBTQ+ content in media and education drew major international flak, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced a referendum to defend it. At first...
Dutch ambassador to Hungary: The anti-LGBTQ-law causes anguish in Hungarian families
August 13. 2021. – 03:55 PM
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Körömi Csongor
A law that conflates paedophilia and LGBTI issues is harmful, says Dutch ambassador René van Hell, who will leave Hungary at the end of August. He says that Hungarian politics is also a topic for...
Portrayal and promotion – Hungary's latest anti-LGBT law, explained
June 23. 2021. – 04:05 PM
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Zoltán Kovács
Last Tuesday, the Hungarian parliament adopted legislation that prohibited sharing LGBT content with minors and limited sexual education in schools. Since then, 17 EU member states condemned the law...
Hungary wants EU funds, but only on its own terms
June 21. 2021. – 01:03 PM
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Tóth-Biró Marianna
What is the RRF, this hard-to-grasp abbreviation the meaning of which changed many times recently, what does it have to do with rule of law, and why doesn't the Hungarian government want any of what...
The European Union as an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone
May 17. 2021. – 01:12 PM
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Helena Dalli
Despite the progress achieved over recent decades, the equality of LGBTIQ people remains elusive. Opinion piece by Helena Dalli, the European Union Commissioner for Equality.
Orbán is not alone yet, but for a moment, Poland wavered
December 08. 2020. – 09:36 PM
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Telex
The Hungarian-Polish veto of the EU's next seven-year budget over the rule of law conditionality has upended European politics. Last week, there seemed to be a blemish on the strong alliance of...
Poland and Hungary insist on vetoing the rule of law mechanism
The heads of the Hungarian and Polish governments held a meeting in Budapest on Thursday afternoon where they made it clear: they find linking EU funds to rule of law criteria unacceptable and they...
EPP: We will convince the Hungarian government about rule of law conditionality
November 20. 2020. – 06:16 PM
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Zoltán Kovács
The Hungarian Prime Minister has announced the political veto of the EU's next 7-year budget over rule of law conditionality, but his party's political family, the EPP, is not willing to give up on...