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Patriots for Europe say Brussels is the real threat to the rule of law
Hungarian, Polish, Slovenian, German and American speakers accused the EU of double standards and political bias.
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Hungarian parliament amends Orbán-era ‘child protection’ law, removing anti-LGBTQ provisions
According to the government, the changes strengthen child-protection rules “regardless of sexual orientation” while bringing Hungary into line with European…
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Gentiloni warns Italy against defying Brussels: ‘Ask Orbán how that worked out for him’
The former PM remarks reignite debate over national sovereignty, democratic choice and the European Commission’s use of financial pressure.
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Left-wing Hungarian newspaper relaunches online
The new newsroom is built mainly on the staff of Népszava, another long-running left/social-democratic daily, together with many former Népszabadság journalists.
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Balázs Hankó: ‘A country cannot be built on political revenge’
The “minister for everyday patriotism” gave this interview shortly before his arrest, at a point when he was already taking it for granted.
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Magyar’s Hungary is prosecuting Orbán’s ministers without a prosecutor general
Parliament turned down the president's nominee for the vacant post hours before it stripped two former ministers of their immunity.
Orbán denounces ‘neo-communist tactics’ as Fidesz rallies behind detained ministers
Fidesz MEPs and the party's leadership have compared the cases against Balázs Hankó and Miklós Seszták to communist-era show trials and to the prosecutions of…
Hungarian prosecutors detain two Orbán-era ministers after immunity vote
Balázs Hankó and Miklós Seszták were taken into custody by a prosecution service that has had no confirmed chief since its last one resigned under pressure from…
Europe’s sovereigntist leaders hail AfD landslide in Saxony-Anhalt
Messages of congratulation reached Magdeburg from Madrid, Lisbon, Rome, The Hague and Budapest within hours of the first projections.
Magyar says Ukraine is ‘not ready’ for the EU, echoing Orbán
The Prime Minister was cast by his predecessor as Kyiv's candidate during the April election campaign.
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CPAC arrives in Italy as Rome emerges as potential MAGA hub in Europe
The first activities begin this weekend.
Hungary’s new government classifies Russia as a “threat”
The language appears in guidelines for Hungary's delegation to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, which opens in September.
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Hungarian public television resumes news after government-ordered blackout
Weeks earlier the Prime Minister overturned an editorial appointment at the broadcaster with a comment on Facebook.
Hungary’s ruling Tisza party nominates ousted top judge András Baka for president
The nomination follows the early termination of the previous president, Tamás Sulyok, an Orbán-era appointee.
Fidesz prepares autumn campaign as Hungarian Government sets September end for mortgage rate cap
Some 220,000 households would move to market interest rates from October under the phase-out set out by Finance Minister András Kármán.
Hungary’s prosecutor general resigns under pressure from Magyar
Gábor Bálint Nagy's departure hands Prime Minister Péter Magyar a further victory in his drive to clear out Viktor Orbán's appointees.
Hungarian prosecutors seize Orbán party’s servers in unannounced raid
The prosecution service moved on the servers of Hungary's main opposition party without warning, seizing material from its internal communications network and leaving…
Hungary’s president signs constitutional amendment ending his own term
Tamás Sulyok argued that the amendment damaged legal certainty and the stability of Hungary's constitutional system.
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Magyar goes after Hungary’s President as Orbán invokes the right of resistance
The Prime Minister's two-thirds majority passed a constitutional amendment written to end the mandate of one named office-holder and gave Tamás Sulyok five days…
Hungarian minister defends rewriting constitution to dismantle Orbán-era
Zsolt Hegedűs argued that acting within the law was not enough for a head of state.
Magyar moves to remove Hungary’s president in constitutional overhaul
Fidesz parliamentary group leader Gergely Gulyás said the move marked the end of constitutional democracy.
Orbán’s Fidesz rallies at presidential palace against plan to remove Sulyok
Sulyok, elected in 2024 by a Fidesz-dominated parliament, has refused to resign and has referred the proposal to the Council of Europe's Venice Commission.
New Hungarian government halts state television news broadcasts
The sudden removal of M1 and Kossuth from the air, framed by Budapest as ending Orbán-era propaganda, echoes Donald Tusk's rapid overhaul of Poland's state media…
European Parliament refuses to debate possible rule-of-law violations under new Hungarian government
The Magyar government also wants to remove the sitting President and head of the Constitutional Court.
Hungary’s parliament votes to abolish Orbán’s sovereignty office
The body held wide powers to scrutinise organisations, media outlets and individuals suspected of serving foreign interests.
Amnesty International criticises new Hungarian government over rule-of-law concerns
The controversy follows Péter Magyar’s demand earlier this year that Sulyok resign, after the president refused to step down.
Hungarian parliament approves reforms to unlock €16.4 billion in frozen EU funds
"Today we have taken a big step towards a functional and humane Hungary," Péter Magyar said.
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New leaders take their seats as the European Council meets in Brussels
The departure of Viktor Orbán has removed the bloc's loudest sceptic, though Bulgaria's new premier may prove a quieter replacement as leaders open budget talks.
Orbán shrugs off election defeat, bets on Europe’s right-wing future
The former Hungarian prime minister attacked EU migration policy, arguing that it has transformed a migration challenge into an integration crisis.
Magyar bars Orbán return with eight-year limit on prime ministers
It applies retroactively to all tenures held after May 2, 1990.