Hungary

  • Apr 15, 2020
  • 7 min read

COVID-19 crisis will raise EU-Central European tension

Central European institutions have joined euro-area counterparts in aggressive monetary and fiscal easing

EU
  • Apr 7, 2020
  • 7 min read

COVID-19 will embolden autocrats

As countries enact restrictions to deal with COVID-19, some leaders are using the crisis to their advantage

International
  • Apr 2, 2020
  • 2 min read

Hungary will defy EU on COVID-19 emergency measures

Hungary's move to rule by decree and punish 'disinformation' provokes generalised response but no specific condemnation

Hungary
  • Mar 30, 2020
  • 12 min read

Anti-virus policies may hurt democracy in eastern EU

COVID-19 will overwhelm resource-poor eastern EU health systems, ramp up nationalism and erode democracy further

EU
  • Feb 27, 2020
  • 2 min read

Slovenia’s new premier will be Orban ally in EU

Friend of Hungary’s Orban heads disparate coalition with populist programme including tougher line against migrants

Slovenia
  • Feb 7, 2020
  • 7 min read

EU integration will be restricted post-Brexit

Integration will be restricted to few policy areas, while efforts for enlargement will slow down

EU
  • Jan 6, 2020
  • 7 min read

Hungarian forint is increasingly vulnerable to attack

As global risks recede, the credibility of monetary policy in Central Europe, in Hungary especially, comes into question

Hungary
  • Dec 11, 2019
  • 2 min read

East-West divide in EU will not be bridged soon

New EU justice commissioner criticises Hungary and Poland for democratic backsliding as president presents 'green deal'

EU