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We need to talk about Hungary’s constitution
EU leaders have accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of passing a series of constitutional amendments that threaten the democratic checks and balances of the country. These claims sit...
View ArticleViktor Orban wins Hungarian elections as support for far-right party Jobbik...
Viktor Orbán has won a convincing election victory and will govern for a second term as Hungary’s Prime Minister. His centre-right party Fidesz won 46% with most of the votes counted, but will have 66%...
View ArticleWill Hungary be expelled from the EU?
I thought I would partake in the proud tradition of using as headlines ‘questions to which the answer is No’. At least, not yet. In amidst the horror of MH17, the sickening news from Gaza and Israel,...
View ArticleUK rejects EU proposal for Australia-style asylum controls
The home affairs commissioner, Dimitris Avramopoulos (Greece), has proposed to use EU offices in non-EU countries like Niger, Egypt, Turkey or Lebanon, to consider applications for asylum and refugee...
View ArticleGermany’s asylum test is a chance to rebalance its bloated surpluses
Over the weekend Germany closed its Austrian border to force its EU neighbours to accept more asylum seekers themselves, rather than passing them on to Germany. It still accepts Syrians with valid...
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