Tag: Hungary

My Way or Highway  Orbán tells Brussels Mobsters

Just as the heads of state and government were gathering in Brussels for a two-day summit to discuss a new set of sanctions against Russia – or rather, scraping the bottom of the barrel for anything else they could chastise Putin with, Hungary restated its position that it cannot stand behind the proposed sanctions.

Hungary Defies the Unelected EU Commission

Budapest will never support sanctimonious sanctions against Russia, said Gergel Gulyash, head of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s office. He threatened the European Commission with the fact that the authorities of his country would veto the embargo of Russian energy supplies because there is nothing to replace them. 

Could Hungary’s Viktor Orbán be the Saviour of Europe

The international press loudly proclaimed that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would face his ‘toughest’ election fight ever, polls pointed to his potential defeat, and the EU withheld much-needed recovery funds from Hungary in the run-up to the election. Yet, Orbán not only prevailed but did so in a fashion that has left many in the Western media and political establishment in shock once again. Now, as the dust settles, what lessons can we take away from his historic win?