Tag: Viktor Orbán
Happy Sunday! I know there is so much going on in the world, but I hope you found something to be happy about this weekend! I sincerely hope these trying times will lead to positive results too. Meanwhile we all have to take our part to signal a racist world is not the world we want to live in. Here’s another great post with resources to help gain understanding and take action. Let’s do some reading. We Can’t Breathe: UN OHCHR Experts Issue Joint Statement and Call for Reparations Statement signed by all of the independent experts of the UN…
Hey everybody! How was you first workweek of 2016? I hope it was better than mine. This is now officially the longest time with no posts at all on the blog, except for all the Sunday Smacks. Which obviously is a must, missing a week would feel like breaking a circle or something – this is now the 143th Sunday Smack and this is really saying something. Even though I had lots of plans for 2016 (with the blog and a lot else), I am just not there right now. Actually, if there ever was a time when I would…
It’s been a long time since the last time when I could not manage to post anything between two Sunday Smacks, sorry about that. Amazingly enough, although I have even failed to mark yesterday’s International Mother Language Day, this post of mine from two years ago got very popular yesterday. Thanks to everybody for still keeping it in circulation! Now let’s see a couple of interesting posts from not so far back. The Budapest Memorandum and Beyond: Have the Western Parties Breached a Legal Obligation? The Ukrainian crisis looks even more troublesome when international treaty interpretation comes into play. The…
Angela Merkel visits Hungary in bid to break EU nation’s warm ties with Russia – Telegraph German chancellor in Budapest to press Viktor Orbán into united front against Russia ahead of visit from Vladimir Putin. International headlines go as such. International media happens to know for a fact that the German chancellor traveled to Budapest to press the importance of democratic values and her disagreement with the Orbán Government’s current policies. Interestingly enough, Hungarian state media knows nothing of that sort. According to its news programme, the visit was a huge diplomatic success, and all about economic and political cooperation. Now…
McCain Comment Was an Attack on Hungary’s Sovereignty, Says Premier Viktor Orban said that his nation’s sovereignty had come under attack when U.S. Senator John McCain labeled him a “neo-fascist dictator”— in fresh a sign of deteriorating relations between Washington and Budapest. I am planning a series of posts here about Hungarian and European law and politics for the world to understand what is going on this side of the pond. Not that I or most Hungarians always get these things ourselves. The Hungarian prime minister is of course not a “neo-fascist dictator”. But then the last couple of years’…
The US Cancels Visas for Hungarians Involved in Corruption The State Department refused entry to the U.S. to several Hungarians because it said they had been involved in corruption, once more highlighting tensions between the U.S. administration and the feisty government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
A Test for the European Union In a speech on Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary said his country was done with liberal democracy. Mr. Orban cited Russia, Turkey and China as “successful” examples of the kind of “illiberal new state based on national foundations” that he wants Hungary to be.
The Hungarian Solution Really?! I mean, you can take him, we wouldn’t mind. If the current wave of Republican criticism of Mitt Romney—due to his ideological uncertainty and the general incompetence of his campaign—keeps up, here’s a suggestion for a replacement candidate: Viktor Orban.
Interesting piece on Hungarian politics. A native Hungarian speaker proofreader wouldn’t have hurt, but other than a few mistakes, almost fully agreed. foreignaffairsmagazine: Wrong Way Down the Danube: How Hungary’s Democratic Backsliding Threatens Europe Greece’s economic peril has raised fears about the end of the eurozone. But Hungary’s autocratic turn under Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents a more fundamental challenge to the European project.
