Wilders’ Victory in Netherlands Elections Raises Questions about Future of EU THE HAGUE — One line in Geert Wilders’ inflammatory pitch to Dutch voters will haunt Brussels more than any other: a referendum on leaving the EU. Seven years after the British voted for Brexit, a so-called Nexit ballot was a core plank of the …
Hungary’s Prime Minister made it clear that Ukraine’s path to joining the European Union is a long shot, casting doubt on Kyiv’s aspirations to become a member. During a gathering of his nationalist Fidesz party, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that his government will oppose upcoming discussions on the formal invitation of Ukraine to begin …
Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) sounded the alarm on Sunday, cautioning that a potential second term for Donald Trump could resemble the leadership style of Vladimir Putin in Russia and other conservative and authoritarian world leaders. Raskin warned, “It would look a lot like Viktor Orbán in Hungary ― ‘illiberal democracy,’ meaning democracy without rights or …
In the spring of 2017, Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, made it illegal for the Central European University (CEU) to offer U.S.-accredited degrees at its Budapest campus. However, this move was more than just an attack on its founder, George Soros. As the former president and rector of the CEU at that time, …
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban criticized the European Union for what he described as an “offensive” against LGBTQ rights, reaffirming his nationalist government’s commitment to protecting the country’s Christian heritage. Speaking in Romania, Orban, a longstanding critic of Brussels, expressed his hope that the upcoming European Parliament elections would empower governments within the bloc that …
By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted July 6, 2023 1:29 pm Decrease article font size Increase article font size Former prime minister Stephen Harper is advocating for closer ties between right-leaning political parties, including the Conservative Party of Canada, and the Hungarian government, which has been accused of democratic backsliding. Harper, who chairs the …