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Is it time for Viktor Orbán to choose sides?
Not surprisingly the Hungarian media is focused on the consequences of the resolution adopted by the European Parliament that calls for launching Article 7(1). Yesterday I could report on the reactions...
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European Union salvo against Viktor Orbán’s illiberal state
Yesterday an editorial appeared in Magyar Hírlap, a government-sponsored daily paper. The author reassured the paper’s readers that “yesterday nothing new happened; nothing was decided; the political,...
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Morawiecki’s pilgrimage to Budapest: It might have been in vain
Viktor Orbán was evidently pleased with his administration’s impressive show of diplomatic prowess when he boasted two days ago that “This is a strong beginning to the year; in two days two prime...
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Szijjártó: “We’ve had the Tavares Report, now comes the Soros Report,” and...
The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) held its first “exchange of views on the Situation in Hungary” today. Judith Sargentini (Green/EFA, NL) presented...
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Orbán returns to Brussels for a “chat” as the EU tries to rein in Hungary
Yesterday, at the very end of my post, I added a short paragraph about Die Welt’s reporting that Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People’s Party caucus in the European Union, and Joseph Daul,...
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A likely defeat for Viktor Orbán in the European Parliament
Today was not a good day for the Hungarian government. For one thing, Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger called attention to the “mortal danger” threatening the European project and proceeded to...
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Viktor Orbán faces the public after Strasbourg
Yesterday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with the large contingent of Fidesz members of parliament behind closed doors. Two of the topics, presumably the most important ones, were the passage of the...
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Justice Minister Judit Varga arrived in Brussels to defend Hungarian democracy
After a whole year of inactivity, the General Affairs Council, on Finnish insistence, held hearings today on the European Parliament’s recommendation to launch an Article 7 procedure against the...
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Plenty of noise on the western front, but will action follow?
At the moment, one cannot complain about the lack of attention being paid to Viktor Orbán’s brazen attempt to establish an undisguised dictatorship where he, as prime minister, can govern by decree...
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Viktor Orbán resorts to blackmail to defend his turf
Orbán’s interview this morning on Magyar Rádió, which originally I assumed would be nothing more than a Hungarian-language rehash of the English-language comments he made during his virtual “debate”...
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