EU shuns Budapest meetings, as Hungary's rotating presidency whirls on

4 min read Hungary, Boka, Dobrev, Frieden, Jinping, Magyar, Metsola, michel, Nehammer, Orban, Putin, Schoof, Szijjarto, von der Leyen, Zelenskyy

Despite only starting its EU rotating presidency on 1 July, Hungary has already made it one of the more memorable of these ordinarily uneventful 6-month tenures. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban spent the first week of his presidency on a self-styled “peace mission”, when he visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

CEE right-wing launches new political family 'Patriots for Europe'

4 min read Austria, Czech Republic, Economy, Hungary, Politics, ANO, Babis, Boka, Fidesz, FPO, Kickl, Le Pen, Orban, Patriots for Europe

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Austria’s Freedom Party FPO leader Herbert Kickl and ANO party leader and former Czech prime minister Andrej Babis declared a “new era” as they announced a European Parliament political alliance named Patriots for Europe at a joint press conference in Vienna on Sunday, 30

Hungary's EU Presidency: steering Europe's agenda through stormy times

5 min read EU, Hungary, Politics, Ukraine, Boka, Orban, von der Leyen, Weber

Hungary will take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on Monday, 1 July with the slogan “Make Europe Great Again,” a nod to the populist and nationalist politics of Donald Trump, who will run for US president again in November, during Hungary’s own tenure.