... Conference” on European transformation.
The conference, brought together experts, diplomats, officials and public figures from Hungary and other European countries to discuss the current issues of the European continent. The conference participants touched ... ... external challenges to European democracy, the difficulties in the development of European institutions, the interaction of the European Union with major global players. Russia at the conference was represented by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, ...
... Ofitserov-Belsky:
Multi-Speed Europe: Illusions and Reality
Catchwords and Combat Terms
Scene change: By the end of 2017, the EU Commission had initiated infringement proceedings against Poland because of an alleged breach of Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union. The offending object is Poland´s latest judicial reform. And the Commission is currently preparing for infringement proceedings against Hungary, also because of a purported undermining of the rule of law and a potentially serious breach of the values referred to in Article 2.
The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law ...
On July 3, 2018, Kőszeg (Hungary) hosted a session “At the Intersection of Migration and Populist Politics” within XXIII International Summer University (ISU) "Europe in the Vortex of Change”.
On July 3, 2018, Kőszeg (Hungary) hosted a session “At the Intersection ...
The European Union's top court has rejected a challenge by Hungary and Slovakia to a migrant relocation deal devised in 2015
The European Union's top court has rejected a challenge by Hungary and Slovakia to a migrant relocation deal devised in 2015. The European Court of Justice overruled their objections ...
....
It had been initially presumed that the referendum on EU-imposed migrant quotas was to affect seriously the international political arena. Western analysts even
suggested
that the results of the referendum could influence the future of the entire European Union, traditionally invoking a possible rapprochement between Hungary’s prime minister and Russia, the emergence of a “non-liberal” state in Hungary and a possible reappearance of authoritarian conservative regimes within Central Europe after the fashion of the 1920s. As it is, however, the results ...
... European country (
9.4 per cent
).
Switzerland
, which granted asylum to 300,000 refugees in 2014, has an acceptance rate of 76.6 per cent.
Migration is a Blow to Central and Eastern European Identity
Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP
More than 1,000 people enter Hungary
from the south every day
The European Union risks cutting itself off even further from the mood and opinions of its citizens, which could pave the way for right-wing and ultra-right-wing political parties to gain a foothold in the future.
The first serious identity crisis for the ...
... Vitaly Zhurkin, Honorary Director of RAS Institute for European Studies; as well as RIAC experts and staff.
Opening the roundtable, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov focused on the dynamic role of the Visegrad countries in the CEE policies of the European Union. Director of RAS Institute for European Studies Alexey Gromyko underlined the importance of the Visegrad Group for development of its member states and cooperation of Russia with Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Ambassador Priputen summed up the results of the Slovak presidency in the Visegrad Group.
Roundtable "The Visegrad Europe and Russia Today"
... officially confirmed. Apart from the necessary references to the development of the Southern Gas Corridor, it is also noteworthy that these countries want to build a common gas infrastructure, using among other things the financial resources of the European Union.
In view of the fact that Gazprom intends to cease supplying gas via Ukraine in 2019 the energy future of the Balkan peninsular countries and South-East Europe is up in the air.
Overall, the behaviour of Hungary after Vladimir Putin’s visit in February 2015, which was seized upon with some agitation by the western media, merits a separate analysis. Even before the actual, visit, Hungary’s foreign minister Peter Szijjarto had a discussion with ...
..., Vladimir Putin took advantage of this psychological aspect to clarify the Russian position in the most suitable way for this country. It is noteworthy that the former leader of the Socialist Party Attila Mesterhazy criticized the Prime Minister of Hungary for letting President Putin highlight the position of Russia, as well as speak of the Debaltseve “Kettle” and a number of other issues, while on the territory of the European Union
[4]
.
gazprom.com
Working meeting between Alexey Miller,
Chairman
of the Company's Management
Committee and
Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian State
Secretary for
Foreign Affairs and External
Economic Relations
Second, over the past few years,...
... Hungary seem to have solidified the notion in European officialdom that it is an issue they have to resolve and indeed quickly - Hungary looks already lost.
The argument that issues of democracy should remain the member states’ competence and that ... ... national parliaments and signed by heads of state. It is also ignorant to deny the inherent political nature of the post-Lisbon European Union and that therefore the state of democracy in a member state affects the state of democracy in the Union as a whole....
