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Hungarian veto against new Ukraine aid package stirs new tensions in the EU

The Editorial Board December 22, 2023

Hungary – Hungary voted against the European Union’s new aid package for Ukraine at the December 14-15 European summit in Brussels. This decision, which blocked its adoption, provoked mixed reactions and added new tensions in Hungary’s already difficult relations with the EU.…

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Hungary considers Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations to be ill-prepared

Yann Caspar December 14, 2023

Originally published in French on Omerta on December 12. According to a survey published in Hungary on Monday , 72% of Hungarians oppose Ukraine’s immediate entry into the European Union. Their worries include…

Sovereignty.pl

Polish co-rapporteur warning against European Parliament resolution on treaty reform (Interview)

Olivier Bault November 15, 2023

Even the constitutional treaty rejected in two referendums, in the Netherlands and France, was finally forced through in truncated form as the Lisbon Treaty, says MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski in an interview for the Polish weekly Do Rzeczy and the English-language website Sovereignty.pl.…

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Former PM Robert Fico wins Slovakian election and Viktor Orbán rejoices

The Editorial Board October 3, 2023

Slovakia – The early parliamentary elections held in Slovakia on Saturday, September 30 once again reshuffled the political deck in this Central European country. In all likelihood, the social democrat Robert Fico, a former prime minister (both in 2006–2010 and 2012–2018), should…

Interviews

R. Hüseynov: “Azerbaijan decided not to align itself with some power bloc”

Ferenc Almássy September 26, 2023

Interview with Rusif Hüseynov, director and co-funder of the Topchubashov center, an Azerbaijani think tank based in Baku: "While other post-Soviet countries have been desperately seeking EU membership, the Azerbaijani side decided not to align itself with some power bloc in order…

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Brussels expresses anger over Polish referendum

The Editorial Board August 23, 2023

Poland – Poland will be holding parliamentary elections on October 15. The ruling United Right coalition led by Law and Justice (PiS), which has been in power since 2015, has decided to hold referendums on four key issues on the same day.…

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Germany’s Manfred Weber accuses Poland of attacking the rule of law and media freedom

The Editorial Board August 12, 2023

Poland – During an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF on Sunday, August 6, the leader of the European People’s Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, made controversial remarks about Poland’s Law and Justice party (PiS) that provoked strong reactions in Warsaw. Explaining why…

Sovereignty.pl

Europe under an influx of migrants: Will the EU defend its borders?

Partenaire August 6, 2023

“A great many people who try to reach Europe illegally, when they are detected, immediately file an application to avoid immediate deportation and drag out the situation over time” – says Jan Wójcik, a migration researcher at The Opportunity Foundation, regular columnist…

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EU-supported judges vs parliamentary sovereignty in Poland

Partenaire July 15, 2023

Using financial blackmail against the net beneficiaries of the EU budget in former Eastern Europe, EU institutions are gradually imposing the principle of primacy of European Court of Justice rulings over the EU-27's national constitutions. An article published originally on Sovereignty.pl. To…

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Visegrad Cooperation key to stopping EU federalization

Partenaire July 2, 2023

“The heart of Europe is now beating in Central Europe, this is a great opportunity and a historic – European – responsibility” – says Mihály Rosonczy-Kovács, a foreign affairs director at the Hungarian think tank Nézőpont Intézet. An interview conducted…

Interviews

László Toroczkai: “Orbán makes massive use of foreign labour in Hungary”

The Editorial Board June 29, 2023

The French-language news portal Breizh-Info has published a long interview in French with Hungarian Member of Parliament László Toroczkai, who is the leader of the opposition nationalist parliamentary group Mi Hazánk Mozgalom. The following is an English translation. …

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EU migration pact met with harsh criticism in Central Europe, Poland vows not to comply

The Editorial Board June 16, 2023

Central Europe – On June 8, the EU-27 interior ministers finally approved the EU Migration Pact that had first been proposed by the European Commission in 2020. The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, the Swedish social-democrat Ylva Johansson, called this decision “a…