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Dissecting Viktor Orbán’s train of thought in his “non-debate” with George Soros
In his article “Europe must stand up to Hungary and Poland,” which deals with the Polish and Hungarian governments’ veto of the seven-year, €1.15 trillion EU budget and the €750 billion European...
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Orbán loses key players in his match with the EU
Reverberations of the Demeter article The response both at home and abroad to Szilárd Demeter’s anti-Semitic outburst was one of uniform condemnation, accompanied by demands for his dismissal as...
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Viktor Orbán struggles to cast his battle with the EU as a strategy to...
Apparently, Viktor Orbán’s psyche is not in the best shape, given the tense political situation in which he finds himself. Normally, he relishes fights with his adversaries, but perhaps because the...
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Viktor Orbán’s offensive motifs: A Hungarian card game and Hitler’s bunker
I will start with what, on the surface, is a light-hearted subject. A Hungarian card game played with a German deck — in Hungary called a Hungarian deck — of 32 cards is called “ulti,” short for...
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Gergely Prőhle’s views on nationalism and the far right
Because there seems to be great interest in the question of the future of nation states, I thought I should devote another article to the subject and take a further look at the appropriate passages...
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In focus: Sputnik-V and Sinopharm
A few days ago, a thoughtful article appeared in The Moscow Times, which explained that the bad reputation Sputnik-V has acquired over the last few months was mostly the fault of the Russian...
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Sándor Petőfi, the conservative revolutionary
In Népszava’s weekend magazine, Ignác Romsics, the doyen of Hungarian historiography, wrote an article about the careers of the “márciusi ifjak,” 20 young men, including Sándor Petőfi the poet, who had...
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Hungarians on the European Union, the Orbán government, and Russia
The European Commission just published the Winter 2020/2021 Standard Eurobarometer 94, measuring public opinion in the European Union. The study was conducted by Kantar, a large data, insights, and...
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Viktor Orbán’s tough interview with “Postoj: Konzervatívny denník”
Today, surrounded by his faithful ministers — Péter Szijjártó, Judit Varga, and Katalin Novák, Viktor Orbán attended a summit of the European Council held in the Portuguese city of Porto, where,...
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Two “good meetings” for the EU, not so good for Hungary
In the last few days, several important developments have taken place that may have a profound effect on the relationship between Hungary and the European Union. I will touch on two that caught my eye...
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Orbán’s seven theses to save Europe
Yesterday, to my great surprise, I read that, according to András Pulai of Publicus Intézet, Viktor Orbán’s speech on the Future of Europe yesterday “was remarkably pro-European by recent standards.”...
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Pressure at home, pressure abroad
Normally by this time of the year, the world becomes a little more quiet than usual. People spend a couple of weeks, in addition to long weekends, on the beach somewhere at home or abroad. Politicians...
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Huxit: Could Hungary go the way of Great Britain?
An opinion piece by Tamás Fricz, titled “It is time to talk about Huxit,” began a frantic dialogue about the likelihood of Viktor Orbán’s leading Hungary out of the European Union in order to avoid any...
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Viktor Orbán in panic mode
I would bet that not too many people are aware that the sixth Serbian-Hungarian Summit, held in Budapest, came to an end today. Of course, people familiar with the Hungarian political scene know that...
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Péter Márki-Zay in Brussels
When Péter Márki-Zay arrived in Brussels for a two-day visit, he was received with open arms by many influential EU politicians. Prior to his arrival, Timothy Garton Ash, the noted expert on East...
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