Hungary – The Diplomatic Envoy

Viktor Orban Wins Fourth Term as Hungarian PM

April 25, 2022April 23, 2022 Alejandro Ramirez 0 Comments Hungary, election, Viktor Orban, Conflict, Ukraine, Russia, politics

On April 6, Viktor Orban, already serving out his third consecutive term, won the Hungarian parliamentary election in a landslide, a victory that will put Hungary on uncertain footing with the EU and other allies, Reuters reports. The mercurial leader of Hungary’s center-right populist party Fidesz, Orban has previously drawn the ire of European heads of state and EU commissioners alike for his abrasive rhetoric on gender and immigration issues.

February 2019 Focus 2019 Walls

Focus on Border Walls: Hungary

February 12, 2019January 22, 2021 Stephanie Miller 0 Comments Policy, 2019, Walls, refugees, Immigration, Hungary, FOCUS

Amidst Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II, the Hungarian government drew international attention by erecting a barrier along its southern border with Serbia and Croatia in 2015.

September 2018 Opinion 2018

Increased Infighting and Mediocre Governance Threatens to Unravel the European Union

September 25, 2018January 22, 2021 Nathan Purtell 0 Comments EU, Hungary, Europe, European Parliament

On Wednesday, September 5, lawmakers from across the European Union voted in Strasbourg to invoke Article 7 of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty against the government of Hungary.

April 2018 Eastern Europe International News 2018

Viktor Orban’s Election Win in Hungary

April 19, 2018April 18, 2018 Samuel Adams 0 Comments Hungary, Presidential Elections, Viktor Orban

Orban and his Fidesz party won landslide victories across the country with one drawback, losing large swaths of the youth vote, as well as losing in majority the seats of parliament located in the capital, Budapest.

October 2015 Focus 2015

Focus on Immigration: European Union

October 8, 2015January 22, 2021 Keith Barnes 0 Comments Austria, Germany, Immigration focus, Syria, Croatia, Hungary, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Bulgaria, European Union, Slovakia, France

By Keith Barnes Staff Writer Considering the degree of integration among European states and the Schengen Agreement, movement by one

International News Europe

European Policies Diverge on Refugees

September 14, 2015February 5, 2020 Keith Barnes 0 Comments Germany, Angela Merkel, refugees, Hungary, Pope Francis

The BBC reports that considering their increasing estimates of incoming migrants, now a staggering 800,000, Germany’s government has released an additional 3 billion euros from the federal budget to help local governments. The influx of refugees from the Middle East also affects European migrants–the German government will change the status of Kosovo, Albania, and Montenegro to “safe” so that migrants from those countries can be easily deported.