Jun 30, 2024 · When Hungary takes over the helm of the European Union on July 1, many politicians in Brussels will have the same thing on their minds: whether populist Prime Minister …

Jan 3, 2025 · Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has consistently flouted EU standards and democratic principles. The question now is whether he has run out of options. The European …

Sep 16, 2022 · Hungarian civil liberties groups have welcomed a new EU report that says the country cannot be considered a full democracy. The EU parliament voted to approve the report …

Aug 28, 2024 · When Russian President Vladimir Putin is the EU’s archenemy because of his war in Ukraine, Orbán travels to Moscow and hobnobs with the autocratic leader. When China is …

Dec 6, 2024 · Perhaps more than any moves Hungary has made as council president, Orban’s friendliness to the Kremlin in exchange for cheap energy has weakened the EU as a foreign …

Sep 24, 2020 · And yet, 16 years after the largest expansion in EU history, that’s what Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been doing, according to watchdogs, MEPs and EU …

Jun 28, 2024 · At midnight on Sunday, current president Belgium, which hosts the bloc’s principal institutions, will pass the baton to Hungary, the country that has acquired a reputation as the …

Apr 8, 2024 · Orbán has long railed against the EU, using it as a scapegoat to rile up populist support and casting his country’s relationship with Brussels as an us-versus-them battle to …

Jul 11, 2024 · Viktor Orbán’s diplomatic freelancing with Vladimir Putin on his solo trip to Moscow last week contravened the EU’s treaties, according to the bloc’s legal service.

Oct 10, 2024 · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán travelled to Strasbourg to outline the priorities of Hungary’s EU Presidency but found himself in the midst of a purely political and …