Viktor Orban

Hungary’s Orbán, the only NATO ally not to have ratified Sweden’s accession, takes step toward breaking deadlock

The European Parlament tasked its legal department to prepare the groundwork for a possible challenge at the EU’s highest court

At a time when Western support seems to be wavering and Russia’s war against Ukraine has become a battle of attrition, the politician insists that support for Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s government is also support for democracy

An analysis by Kyiv sent to its allies, to which EL PAÍS has had access, states that without the promised funds a further million people will be left without social assistance

Hungary’s prime minister says that Brussels is ‘blackmailing’ his country and calls for the release of all funds frozen because of concerns about the rule of law under the far-right leader

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s government lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, ending the rule of his national conservative party after eight years in power

The results of past genetic analyzes have frequently been used to defend nationalist political positions

Among the leaders he’s praised are Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

The Italian prime minister often quotes the British author, creator of ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ whose works marked the youth movement of the neo-fascist MSI

Transcarpathian Oblast — the westernmost and safest region of Ukraine — faces tensions between its communities. This conflict has been fueled by Budapest, which is threatening to veto Kyiv’s attempt to join the EU

European leaders focused on the order of the day, the Israel-Hamas war, and didn’t come back to the issue of Russia’s war in Ukraine after Zelenskiy’s videoconference

Surveys from the most recent elections in Argentina, Poland, Brazil and Spain confirm that women vote less for extreme parties, as noted by many academic studies

His controversial stance on Russia appears to have gained an ally within the EU with the addition of new Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico

Hungary Prime Minister accused the EU of seeking to strip Hungary of its identity by imposing a model of liberal democracy that he said Hungarians reject

The club remains split between those that support Brussels’ initiatives focused on distributing migrants between members and those countries, like Hungary or Poland, whose far-right governments consider the influx of outsiders a threat

Populist and far-right parties are capitalizing on the discontent and fatigue of their citizens in the middle of electoral periods in Slovakia and Poland

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and Orbán’s nationalist drift in Hungary recall Miklós Bánffy’s ‘The Transylvanian Trilogy’ and earlier European conflict

Francis was toeing a diplomatic tightrope which is part of the Vatican’s tradition of diplomatic neutrality. He’s in Budapest on a weekend visit to minister to Hungary’s Catholic faithful

Francis outlined his vision for the future of Europe as he began a three-day visit to Hungary on Friday. In a carefully calibrated speech, he demanded that the European Union approve safe and legal ways for migrants to enter.