Tag: Victor Orban
Hungary is making Sweden wait for NATO’s northern expansion – with ever new justifications
Victor Orban The Hungarian prime minister is sending unclear signals with his foreign policy. (Photo: Bloomberg) Vienna When Hungary’s parliament ratified Finland’s entry into NATO on Monday, it was done…
Hungary is making Sweden wait for NATO’s northern expansion – the justifications are contradictory
Victor Orban The Hungarian prime minister is sending unclear signals with his foreign policy. (Photo: Bloomberg) Vienna When Hungary’s parliament ratified Finland’s entry into NATO on Monday, it was done…
How Prime Minister Orban is running down Hungary
Victor Orban The Hungarian prime minister presents himself as an ardent patriot. (Photo: Reuters) Vienna Viktor Orban has few friends within the European Union, and the meeting between the Hungarian…
Ukraine is safest as a NATO member
Kersti Kaljulaid The Estonian top politician on Russia, Ukraine and Germany’s role in the war. (Photo: imago images/Metodi Popow) Ms. Kaljulaid, you were President of Estonia from 2016 to 2021.…
Paris is calling on Germany to give in
Paris The ongoing German blockade of the planned end for new combustion engines from 2035 is met with incomprehension and horror among European partners. EU diplomats in Brussels speak of…
Paris is calling on Germany to give in
Paris The ongoing German blockade of the planned end for new combustion engines from 2035 is met with incomprehension and horror among European partners. EU diplomats in Brussels speak of…
EU targets Russia’s nuclear industry
Control center of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant Russia disconnected the largest European nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian grid and uses it for its own interests. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Kyiv…
CEO Michael O’Leary puts pressure on Viktor Orban’s special tax
Budapest When Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary makes an appearance, you’re never quite sure whether to find it refreshingly different or just embarrassing. The marketing of the low-cost airline is a…
Teachers and students are on strike against Viktor Orban’s school policies
Vienna No matter how great the resistance that Hungary’s prime minister is facing in the European Union, Viktor Orban reigns almost unchallenged at home. However, one professional group is stubbornly…
EU is holding back significantly more money for Hungary
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has already had numerous disputes with the EU. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels In the dispute with Hungary over violations of the rule of law, the EU…
EU is holding back significantly more money for Hungary
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has already had numerous disputes with the EU. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels In the dispute with Hungary over violations of the rule of law, the EU…
The EU should limit the unanimity principle
Victor Orban Hungary’s prime minister regularly blocks the EU with his veto. (Photo: imago/ZUMA Press) Brussels In the dispute over the rule of law, the EU has not allowed itself…
Viktor Orban gives up his veto – against minimal concessions from the EU
Brussels After weeks of blockade by Viktor Orban, the EU is able to act again. The 27 EU ambassadors agreed on Tuesday night to approve aid to Ukraine amounting to…
Corruption allegations undermine the legitimacy of the EU Parliament
Eva Kaili Has the Vice President of the European Parliament received a bribe from Qatar? (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) The European Parliament has less power than the other EU institutions, but…
The EU Commission still considers reforms in Hungary to be insufficient
Viktor Orban (left) and Olaf Scholz in October The Chancellor wants to unblock the funds in the EU Council. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Brussels The EU Commission maintains its assessment that the…
Foreign firms have criticized Viktor Orban’s back and forth on economic policy
Vienna For years, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban courted foreign investors, and they were happy to accept the advances. But now the mood has changed. Hungary’s government is imposing special…
Foreign firms have criticized Viktor Orban’s back and forth on economic policy
Vienna For years, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban courted foreign investors, and they were happy to accept the advances. But now the mood has changed. Hungary’s government is imposing special…
Viktor Orban escalates dispute with EU
Brussels One name dominates the last few days before the Christmas break in Brussels: Viktor Orban. The Hungarian Prime Minister is currently slowing down all projects that are to be…
EU Commission blocks billions for Viktor Orban
Brussels The EU Commission has surprisingly decided to freeze the billions in payments to Hungary that have been withheld for a longer period of time. Commission President Ursula von der…
EU Commission blocks billions for Orban
Brussels The EU Commission has surprisingly decided to freeze the billions in payments to Hungary that have been withheld for a longer period of time. Commission President Ursula von der…