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.