A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software Hungary’s ruling coalition is continuing its crackdown on the country’s LBGTQ+ community The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025
Hungary's PM Orbán slams EU and pledges crackdown on foreign influence "There is always an empire that is trying to take away the freedom of the Hungarians, and right now it is the one in Brussels," Viktor Orban said in a speech on Saturday. Euronews · Mar 15, 2025
Kallas pitches plan to 'potentially' mobilise €40 billion in military aid for Ukraine The new initiative by Kaja Kallas is facing unresolved questions and political resistance that threaten to slow down its approval and roll-out. Euronews · Mar 14, 2025
Hungary's leader orders price controls on basic foods as inflation spikes Hungary’s government is limiting the profit margin for grocers on a number of basic food items in response to growing inflation hitting consumers in the Central European country The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025
Trump considers moving US troops from Germany to Eastern Europe in NATO spending row Trump is reportedly considering moving the personnel to Hungary Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2025
European leaders agree defence ramp-up to support Ukraine – but Hungary continues to block progress Leaders of the 27 EU countries have agreed in principle to a massive increase in defence spending at a summit that was hastily organised in the wake of Donald Trump’s withdrawal of support for Ukraine. The Conversation · Mar 7, 2025
‘Watershed moment’: EU leaders agree plan for huge rise in defence spending Leaders endorse Ursula von der Leyen proposal as French president calls Vladimir Putin ‘an imperialist who seeks to rewrite history’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025
Macron warns Russian aggression ‘knows no borders’ in televised address French president says Europe must prepare for a future without guaranteed US support, warning Russian threat could extend beyond Ukraine The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2025
Yes, Trump is a hypocrite. But is pointing that out an effective attack? Charges of hypocrisy do not land if the supposed hypocrite is not committed to any kind of consistency in the first place The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2025
France suggests partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine Such a truce would determine whether Putin is ‘acting in good faith’, French foreign minister says The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025
The AfD are circling like vultures. But in Berlin, I found a new, young left rising against them On election night, as the far right rose nationwide, Die Linke made crucial gains in the capital. But its supporters see the hard road ahead, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025
Orbán problem pushes EU towards ‘coalitions of the willing’ on Ukraine As crisis talks loom, Trump and the bloc’s own populist spoilers have driven it away from its old quest for unanimity The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025
‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025
Elon Musk congratulates AfD’s Alice Weidel on far-right gains in German election Far-right party co-leader says billionaire called her personally after it came second in Sunday’s poll The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2025 Trump administration eliminating 2,000 USAid positions in US, notice says All but handful of agency’s personnel around world to be placed on paid leave, according to notice sent to workers
The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2025 Culture wars: Trump’s takeover of arts is straight from the dictator playbook US president’s attempt to control or dismantle cultural institutions plays into a long history of authoritarians using arts to push their agenda
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025 LGBTQ+ community in Germany rally against rise of far right ahead of elections Community grapples with fear over ‘proliferation and normalisation of anti-queer and anti-trans sentiment in politics and the media’
The Conversation · Feb 19, 2025 Trust in politics is in long-term decline around the world – new research Citizens’ trust in their political institutions has been falling around the world. This may not come as a shock to many.
The Conversation · Feb 17, 2025 Europe left scrambling in face of wavering US security guarantees European leaders are scrambling to respond to what looks like the end of reliable US protection of the continent. It is unclear what the “main European countries” (which includes the UK) might be able to agree at a hastily convened meeting in Paris on Monday February 17. But individual countries,…
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025 Trump chairing a major arts institution would be laughable if it weren’t so deeply troubling Jokes about the president’s power grab at the Kennedy Center in Washington soon pale. This is a nakedly authoritarian move, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025 The Orbánisation of America: inside the 14 February Guardian Weekly A Hungarian-inspired revolution. Plus: How it all went wrong for Emilia Pérez
The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025 Hungary's Orbán meets head of far-right German party AfD, calling her 'the future of Germany' Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is hosting Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's candidate for chancellor, a rare meeting between a European leader and Germany’s far-right party
The Guardian - US · Feb 12, 2025 Authoritarian leaders in former Soviet bloc seize on Musk’s USAid crackdown Region’s autocrats join in persecution of agency that provided aid and helped to build up civil society in 1990s
The Guardian - US · Feb 7, 2025 ‘In a real sense, US democracy has died’: how Trump is emulating Hungary’s Orbán Trump has moved to gut the federal government, fire critics and reward allies – a path similar to ‘would-be dictators’ like Orbán, experts say
The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2025 Political interference in central banks risks economic harm, ECB president warns Comments by Christine Lagarde seen as veiled warning to Donald Trump, who demanded Federal Reserve lower interest rates ‘immediately’