Europe’s far-right parties are learning from one another
With the hard right in power in Italy and Sweden, sister parties across the EU are hoping they will be…
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The threat of Viktor Orbán’s anti-mixed race speech
The Hungarian prime minister describes the world European and American conservatives are trying to create.
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Hungary and the US right deepen their illiberal mutual admiration
The presence of American conservatives in Budapest has reconfirmed the close ties between Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán.
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Viktor Orbán is using the war in Ukraine to entrench his power
The Hungarian leader’s declaration of a state of emergency will allow him to ignore inconvenient restrictions.
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Saudi Arabia is the biggest beneficiary of the war in Ukraine
As leaders congratulate themselves for shunning Russian oil, Saudi Aramco becomes the world’s most valuable company.
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What does Europe’s right want?
This year's National Conservatism conference was notably short of new ideas, meaningful debate and pro-Putin speakers, as attendees stuck to…
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How Hungary became the right’s Venezuela
Viktor Orbán’s weaponisation of conservative victimhood means the right applaud rather than condemn him.
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Orbán’s unfair election victory makes a travesty of EU values
If Hungary’s authoritarian prime minister hadn’t rigged the system, it is doubtful that he would have won so convincingly.
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