Nominee US Ambassador Sets Stage for Open Confrontation With Hungarian Government On June 23 the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations heard nominee ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman’s testimony. Chairman of... 2022.06.25.
Survey: These Were the Motivations of Fidesz and Opposition Voters Telex reported on a survey designed by the CEU Democracy Institute and conducted by Závecz Research. The survey shows that... 2022.06.03.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Elections – with Two Weeks’ Hindsight Commentators still struggle to find consistent explanations for the fourth consecutive electoral victory of Fidesz on 3 April. There is... 2022.04.25.
PMO Head Gulyás: “Democracy is Alive and Stronger” with Fidesz Voters must make a choice between "war and peace; danger and security", in Sunday's general elections, Gergely Gulyás, the prime... 2022.04.02.
PM Candidate Márki-Zay Calls on Christians Not to Vote for Fidesz One cannot be a Christian and vote for ruling Fidesz and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán who heads the most corrupt... 2022.03.28.
Ukrainian War – Opposition: Election Choice between East and West, War and Peace Hungarians will have to make a choice between East and West and between war and peace when they head to... 2022.03.07.
FM Szijjártó Sends Warning to EU Diplomats Planning to Observe Election At the end of January, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó warned that if any of the ambassadors... 2022.02.18.
PMO Head Gulyás: Hungary “is the EU country most committed to the rule of law, democracy, and freedom” Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister's chief of staff, told an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Hungarian-German friendship agreement... 2022.02.15.
Macron Sets Goals of French EU Presidency, Singles Out Hungary and Poland over Rule of Law France took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union on January 1, so the French President... 2022.01.20.
FM Szijjártó: “I have an opinion about Swedish democracy, but who cares, I am not Swedish” Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said on Swedish television SVT regarding the situation of democracy in Hungary... 2021.12.13.
Press Roundup: Trouble in Store for Hungarian Relations with Post-Merkel Germany? Right-wing analysts fear that the new left-liberal German government will harshly criticize Hungary and try to encroach on national sovereignty.... 2021.12.13.
Orbán Gov’t Blocks Joint EU Representation at US Democracy Summit Because of Biden’s Snub Hungary is blocking the European Union from participating in U.S. President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy later this month because... 2021.12.03.
Justice Minister: Advocate General’s Proposal ‘Not the Verdict, Just an Opinion’ The opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union that the court should dismiss... 2021.12.02.
Press Roundup: Opposing Takes on Parliamentary Speaker’s Speech to National Security Officials An opposition-leaning commentator believes the Speaker called on the security services to interfere with internal politics and therefore should immediately... 2021.11.30.
Orbán Gov’t Not Invited by US President to Democracy Summit US President Joe Biden has invited some 110 countries to a virtual summit on democracy from December 9-10, the US... 2021.11.24.
PM Candidate Márki-Zay in Brussels: “We will be loyal members of the EU and NATO, not traitors” "We will be loyal members of the European Union and NATO, not traitors,” said Péter Márki-Zay, the joint opposition’s candidate... 2021.11.12.
LIBE Delegation Head: Fair Play in Hungarian Elections ‘Doubtful’ in Light of Fidesz’s Power Hungary has a kind of "one party system," and the fact that "one single party has put its people everywhere,... 2021.10.06.
Two LIBE Delegation Members Call for Stopping ‘Witch-hunt’ against Hungary It is high time to stop a show trial or "witch-hunt" that Hungary is subjected to by European Union institutions,... 2021.10.02.
Certain Aspects of Rule of Law Deteriorated in Hungary, LIBE Delegation Head Says Reservations made in terms of Hungary in 2018 mostly persist, the head of a fact-finding delegation of the European Parliament's... 2021.10.02.
FM Szijjártó: “Viktor Orbán Most Democratic Leader in Europe” Representatives of liberal democracies are trying to "monopolize" the concept of democracy, a "thoroughly antidemocratic approach", Péter Szijjártó, Hungary's foreign... 2021.10.01.
Justice Minister: ‘LIBE Has No Power over Hungary’ Hungary is a free and independent country over which the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs... 2021.10.01.
