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Hungary’s Demographic Exceptionalism January 22, 2025

By some measures Hungary’s fertility support is the world’s most effective ...

EU Denies Hungary a Billion Euros After Reform Failures January 02, 2025

Orbán: Looking the Lone Democrat at the EU October 11, 2024

If anyone wanted to witness a chemically-pure concentration of all the ailments afflicting the Western political class, they could not have been better served than by the debate, as disheartening as it was revealing, that followed Viktor Orbán’s spee...

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Hungary’s Lessons for Donald Trump October 11, 2024

Viktor Orban has seized control of nearly all the levers of power in Hungary since he became prime minister in 2010, effectively turning the country into an electoral autocracy. ...

Hungary's Orban: Brexit Broke the EU October 08, 2024

“Brexit changed everything,” he told press gathered in the European Parliament. Prior to Brexit “Europe was balanced between those who wanted a more centralised, federal European Union on one side, and on the other side countries who wanted… independ...

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Orbán Warns of Imminent ‘Escalation’ in Ukraine War July 19, 2024

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has published a memo he wrote for European Union leaders in which he warns of an imminent escalation of the Ukraine war. ...

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Turkey and Hungary Play Their Own Game at NATO Summit July 13, 2024

Turkey and Hungary came to the NATO summit ready to hedge and bargain....

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The Habsburg Empire Strikes Back July 12, 2024

Viktor Orbán’s new hard-right group, Patriots for Europe, is a Habsburg coalition that gives the Hungarian leader the European platform he craves. ...

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Hungary’s Orban Concludes Beijing ‘Peace Mission 3.0’ Visit July 08, 2024

Habsburg Ghosts Hover Over Central Europe July 05, 2024

The first-place parties in Austria, Hungary, and Czechia have come together to announce a new European Parliamentary grouping, which they have termed “Patriots of Europe.” The newly christened bloc has fallen under criticism by some who see it as too...

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Will Hungary’s Elections Repeat Poland’s Liberal Sea Change? June 25, 2024

The right won big in the EU elections, but another conservative government in Central Europe is in trouble. ...

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Déjà Vu All Over Again? Appeasement Then And Now June 21, 2024

“Munich” again? Hold the angst. Historical analogies are treacherous because “like” is not “same.” Still, the disastrous appeasement of the Thirties does yield insights into our era. Hitler et al. are safely buried. But today, a new cast of character...

‘Make Europe Great Again’: Hungary Set for EU Presidency June 21, 2024

It wasn't exactly a surprise when Hungary revealed an official slogan with Trumpian overtones this week for its six-month stint holding the EU presidency, but "Make Europe Great Again" still raised a few eyebrows in Brussels. ...

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Orban: Hungary Will No Longer Veto Support to Ukraine June 12, 2024

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