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THE MEANING OF EUROPE

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9 August 2015

So once again, Hungary’s Prime Minister makes another pilgrimage to Transylvania and once again, another speech to rally the faithful and inflame his enemies.

Following on from last year’s ruminations on ‘illiberal democracy’, Victor Orbán’s latest speech addressed the ‘meaning of Europe’. Touching as it did the thorny problems of immigration, security and values, it was inevitable that it would be met by howls of orthodox apoplexy by the more liberal fraternities in Europe.

POLITICS IN HUNGARY AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING: THE CASE OF GORDON BAJNAI

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16 August 2012

Hungary woke up this morning to the news that Gordon Bajnai’s own Foundation has completed a study on how to win the next election. Would it have reported it was not possible? I don’t think so. That is not the kind of objectivity you get when you buy your own think tank. However, it will be interesting to see how the Hungarian media reacts to this report and more importantly, how it will perceive this in the light of Mr. Bajnai’s political ambitions.