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Hungary
Euroviews. 'What if?' A View from a Fidesz MEP
As Milan Kundera once wrote, one of the functions of Central Europe is to serve as an early warning system for Europe as a whole. This is what Fidesz has got right and that’s why it’s so widely detested. Nobody likes a successful prophet, after all.
Poland
Euroviews. 7 Questions for the Art. 7 Hearing on the rule of law in Poland | View
It should become clear /.../ that the continuing, systemic and vicious attacks on Polish courts and their judges are bound to produce consequences beyond Polish borders and constitute a clear and present danger to the EU legal system as a whole. This is no time for further dialogue or half measures.
USA
Euroviews. The US isn't close to becoming another Poland or Hungary - yet | View
Professor Krugman is right to be concerned given President Trump's ongoing attacks on democratic norms in the US and the Republican party's complicity in those attacks, but I don't agree that we are close to becoming another Poland or Hungary.
World News
Euroviews. Peace and anxiety after the Helsinki Summit: Thoughts from Kyiv | View
Ukraine's former deputy foreign minister reflects on his country's relations with Russia following the controversial meeting between US President Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
Hungary
Euroviews. Fidesz's future, Article 7 - Two questions to Hungarian MEPs | View
SZANYI: “I can only hope that finally the EPP leaders will prove to have sufficient political will, and leverage on Orbán to respect European values.”
MOLNÁR: “I believe that the EPP should have launched the exclusion of Fidesz from its community a long time ago.”
Hungary
Euroviews. Viviane Reding: Orban, Fidesz are destroying our values | View
Viktor Orbán is leading Hungary away from the rule of law, from our fundamental rights, from the EU solidarity, from the EU project. He uses public funds to wage a massive propaganda campaign against the European Union, against free movement and against the rule of law.
World News
Euroviews. Turkey needs the EU - how much will it pay? | View
The key challenge for Turkey is not the form of its relationship with the EU, but the fact that it crucially needs EU markets, funds, and investment to prosper. This in turn requires the rule of law, not the rule of the arbitrary. Choices will have to be made in Ankara.
World News
Euroviews. How McCain used his own funeral to send a farewell message to America
As he faced the inevitable, the wily Arizona senator knew that he would have a captive audience and choreographed the entire period of mourning. He orchestrated it to be a clarion call for continuing what he stood for, while also pushing back and battling against the continued umbrage of today.
Hungary
Euroviews. Three takeaways from the Salvini-Orbán meeting | View
The recent meeting between Viktor Orbán and Matteo Salvini created widespread speculations that the two politicians will run a joint political platform and totally change the political landscape in Europe. Is it really going to happen? It is highly unlikely, and here are the reasons why.