Poland, increasingly ambitious on the European scene, took over from Hungary as the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on January 1, a change greeted with relief in Brussels. For six months, Warsaw should play much more collectively than Budapest to try to advance European issues. Starting with support for Ukraine, of … Read more
Some headaches should ease in Brussels. This January 1, 2025, Hungary cedes the presidency of the Council of the European Union to Poland, after six months during which Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban elevated the geopolitical overhang to the rank of art with almost -all other members of the European Union. A priori, this new … Read more
With a satisfied smile and firm handshakes, Viktor Orban, often isolated among his European peers, savors his moment of glory in Budapest, where he received nearly fifty heads of state and government on Thursday. “It was a very special moment for me to see the whole of Europe united in the fold of its black … Read more
And “boxing match”: the intervention of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the European Parliament on Wednesday turned into a free-for-all with a large part of the hemicycle, who shelled his proximity to Vladimir Putin and his attacks on the rule of law. The nationalist leader came to Strasbourg to present the priorities of the … Read more
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, head of the Anti-Migrant League, and Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban attacked the Brussels Commission on Sunday, calling it “ecoterrorist” and “bureaucratic”. “We have a duty to defend Italian entrepreneurs and farmers whose work is endangered by eco-terrorists in Brussels”declared Mr. Salvini in front of thousands of supporters … Read more