The European Parliamentary elections in May were won by the European People’s Party, though by a narrower margin than before. The breakthrough of the radical right that Orbán probably had expected didn’t come to fruition, although they made some...

Next year will be the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles, which brought, among other agreements, World War I to an end. The Treaty was disastrous for Hungary, with the country losing two-thirds of its territory and one-third of...

Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, the risk of a trade war between the USA and China has become a real threat. In fact, the escalating conflict indicates the first shots have already been fired. Regardless of how the conflict proceeds,...

The Hungarian Prime Minister has been to Washington to meet President Trump. The negotiations were said to occur in a cordial tone and the face-to-face talks were followed by an extended meeting with ministers and experts from both sides....

The Spitzkandidat system in the European Parliament – i.e. a way of choosing the head of the European Commission based on a deal between the largest party groupings in the Parliament – finds itself under attack as election day...

Matteo Salvini, the Italian Minister of the Interior and head of the party League, has concluded his visit to Hungary. Although the official aim of the visit was to confirm border protection cooperation between the two countries, the two...

The Ukrainian National Assembly has passed a much-debated language law meant to safeguard the primacy of the Ukrainian language. The law severely discriminates against ethnic minorities, Russians, Hungarians, Romanians and Poles living in the Eastern European country with a...

Hungary’s local government elections will be held in autumn. In Budapest – the most important area where the fiercest struggle is expected – the opposition seems better organized and prepared than in the past. They are sure to achieve...

Since the industrial revolution, a growing number of people have moved to big cities. Hungary has always been behind Western Europe in terms of economic development. Still, during the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Budapest became a large city even by European...

Imagine waking up one day and finding yourself in a different country. You weren’t kidnapped, but your whole city has become part of another state. The official language has changed, your name is pronounced differently and everything you own...

2019 is the anniversary of not one, but three remarkable events of the 20th century: NATO’s 70th anniversary and Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic’s 20th anniversary since joining NATO, the dismantlement of the Iron Curtain and the 30th...

Hosted by Corvinus Matthias Collegium, a pre-eminent extracurricular educational institution in Hungary, a three-day conference on migration was held in Budapest between March 22nd and 24th. Well-known politicians, political experts and philosophers – including former Presidents Nicholas Sarkozy and...

Although many called for Fidesz’s exclusion from the European People’s Party (EPP), the meeting ended in compromise. The party was not excluded; in fact, it asked to be suspended, effective immediately. A committee of three ’wise men’ composed of...

Tensions have been mounting between the EPP and Fidesz for years. Therefore, when at the beginning of 2019 it appeared that the party’s expulsion could simply be a matter of time, it wasn’t exactly a shock. Orbán’s speech on...

Interesting new developments are predicted in the European Parliament, which is expected to undergo major shifts. The Europen People’s Party – represented by a rather colorful fraction comprised of markedly right-wing, centrist and liberal politicians – is the most...

One of the most exciting political questions of the year is how Fidesz’s relationship with the Europan People’s Party (EPP) will develop. Tension has been continually growing between the governing party of Hungary and the European conservative party group....