Will Hungary Hijack the EU During Its Presidency?
Hungary takes over the EU's six-month rotating presidency on July 1, in the face of fears perennial spoiler PM Viktor ...
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Hungarians Protest PM Orban’s Chinese University Plan
Thousands of Hungarians demonstrated in Budapest against a plan by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government to build a campus of ...
Europe’s East-West Divide: Tolerance With Authoritarian Characteristics
Hungary's Orbán sees Europe divided not only by political values but also by primordial regional cultures. And he is happy ...
Democracy Under Threat During Pandemic, Global Leaders Warn
Over 500 political and civil society leaders, Nobel laureates and rights groups, on Thursday warned that some governments were using ...
Hungary MPs Approve End of Controversial Emergency Virus Powers
Hungarian MPs voted Tuesday to revoke anti-coronavirus emergency powers that triggered international criticism amid fears of a power grab by ...
COVID-19 Is No Excuse for Governments to Abuse Human Rights
Drastic measures have to be taken to prevent further spread of COVID-19, but this must not be understood as a blank cheque for authoritarian leaders to ...
Amid Virus Fight, Hungary’s Orban Gets Sweeping New Powers
Hungary's parliament endorsed a bill on Monday giving right-wing nationalist premier Viktor Orban sweeping new powers he says he needs ...
Erdogan Threatens to Open Europe Gates for Refugees
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his threat to "open the gates" for refugees into Europe unless international support is ...
Illiberals and Anti-Liberals: Beginning of a ‘Beautiful’ Friendship?
The terms illiberal and anti-liberal are often used interchangeably without much consideration for the terms’ differences. We would understand these kind of regimes better ...
EU Border Force Accused of Allowing Abuse of Migrants: Report
A joint investigation by German public broadcaster ARD, non-profit investigative journalism website Correctiv and British newspaper The Guardian also accused ...
Visegradism, Babisism, and the Dangers of Selfishness as a Political Program
An anti-EU ideology of 'Visegradism' has emerged in Central Europe, characterized by selfish, nationalist politics. It will not be easy ...
Is Poland’s Liberal Democracy in Ruins?
Poland's democratic decline is apparent, but it is too early and pessimistic to speak of the beginning of the end of ...
Hungary’s Academic Freedom and the EU: Is It All Hot Air?
The strong men of the periphery of the EU are convinced that the talk of Brussels on constitutionalism, academic freedom, ...
Hungary’s Far-Right Government to Take Control Over Science Institutes
The Hungarian parliament passed a bill Tuesday enabling the takeover of research institutes by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which ...
30 Years of Post-Communism in Poland: What Should be Remembered?
Three decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, dictatorial regimes re-consolidate in Poland, Hungary, and Russia, while similar ...
Hungary Drops Courts Plan Opposed by EU, Rights Groups
The European Commission has already taken steps against Poland and Hungary over judicial reforms which it believes undermine the rule ...
Trump-Orban Meeting is Chance for US to Defend Hungary’s Embattled Freedoms
A free media, civil society, and citizenry serve a critical purpose: they are a check on abuses of power and ...
Orbanization of Serbia: Vucic’s Path Towards Competitive Authoritarianism
Serbia has clearly trespassed the threshold from illiberal democracy to competitive authoritarianism. If the European Union wants to keep any ...
European People’s Party and Fidesz: Which Way for Europe’s Center Right?
As the boundaries of the European Union have expanded eastward and traditional center-right parties have lost influence, the European People's ...
Could Protests in Hungary Threaten Prime Minister Orban’s Position?
A new Hungarian law on overtime has brought thousands of Hungarians to the streets since mid-December and seems to be ...
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