114 result(s) for populist
PM Party: EU’s Mistakes Lead To Rejection
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The mistakes made by the European Union have resulted in resistance developing against the whole institution of the EU, with populist, far-right and Eurosceptic views gaining popularity, the opposition PM party’s Benedek Jávor said. The Greens in Europe have been discussing these problems for years while Europe’s leaders insisted that the mistakes are minor and can be corrected, Jávor told an ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister Slams Zeid Over Speech Against European ‘Populists’
- 7 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The high commissioner of the UN’s Human Rights Council is unfit for his post or any other post in the United Nations, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said, commenting on Zeid Raad Al Hussein’s recent remarks on “populism” in Europe.
Hungarian Socialists To Present EU Reform Package In Brussels
- 29 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists will present a package of broad reforms for the European Union in Brussels in the coming days, deputy party leader and MEP István Ujhelyi said.
Xpat Opinion: The Left’s Failure To Promise Welfare
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing columnist lambasts the Left for ignoring or even ridiculing everyday voters’ need for economic security and stability. He warns that in the absence of meaningful left-wing proposals on welfare, people will turn to right-wing populist parties.
Xpat Opinion: Strange Times (In Hungary)? We’ve Been Here Before
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The news may sound surprising, but it really isn’t. We have been here before. In what has become an annual tradition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to his party’s summer retreat in Baile Tusnad, Romania, and gave a speech designed to shock. This time Orbán endorsed the American presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the ...
Xpat Opinion: A Lesson In The Risks Of Referendums
- 29 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:
As Hungary prepares its own referendum designed to show displeasure with Brussels, the government might do well to learn from what just happened in the U.K.
As Hungary prepares its own referendum designed to show displeasure with Brussels, the government might do well to learn from what just happened in the U.K.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: ‘Crisis Of Elites’ In Europe
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister insisted that there was a crisis of the elites and a crisis of democracy in Europe and the western world. Europe’s right- and left-wing leaders, over 50-60 years, always came from the same circles, schools and elites, and everyone thought this was natural while they competed against each other and exchanged roles while guaranteeing the growing prosperity of Europe, the prime ...
Molnár Elected Chairman Of Socialist Party
- 28 Jun 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Gyula Molnár, former head of the Socialist Party’s Budapest chapter, was elected as the party’s new chairman at its weekend congress. Molnár was elected in the second round of voting, defeating former leader József Tóbiás, after none of the four candidates running for the party’s top spot were able to secure a majority in the first round.
Xpat Opinion: Ferenc Gyurcsány: “Disintegration Or Something Else?”
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As always, Hungarian Spectrum welcomes democratic voices from and about Hungary. Today Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009, offers his solutions to the ills of western democracies. Mr. Gyurcsány is currently the chairman of Demokratikus Koalíció, which he established in 2011.
PM Party: EU’s Mistakes Lead To Rejection
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The mistakes made by the European Union have resulted in resistance developing against the whole institution of the EU, with populist, far-right and Eurosceptic views gaining popularity, the opposition PM party’s Benedek Jávor said. The Greens in Europe have been discussing these problems for years while Europe’s leaders insisted that the mistakes are minor and can be corrected, Jávor told an ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister Slams Zeid Over Speech Against European ‘Populists’
- 7 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The high commissioner of the UN’s Human Rights Council is unfit for his post or any other post in the United Nations, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said, commenting on Zeid Raad Al Hussein’s recent remarks on “populism” in Europe.
Hungarian Socialists To Present EU Reform Package In Brussels
- 29 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists will present a package of broad reforms for the European Union in Brussels in the coming days, deputy party leader and MEP István Ujhelyi said.
Xpat Opinion: The Left’s Failure To Promise Welfare
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing columnist lambasts the Left for ignoring or even ridiculing everyday voters’ need for economic security and stability. He warns that in the absence of meaningful left-wing proposals on welfare, people will turn to right-wing populist parties.
Xpat Opinion: Strange Times (In Hungary)? We’ve Been Here Before
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The news may sound surprising, but it really isn’t. We have been here before. In what has become an annual tradition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to his party’s summer retreat in Baile Tusnad, Romania, and gave a speech designed to shock. This time Orbán endorsed the American presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the ...
Xpat Opinion: A Lesson In The Risks Of Referendums
- 29 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:
As Hungary prepares its own referendum designed to show displeasure with Brussels, the government might do well to learn from what just happened in the U.K.
As Hungary prepares its own referendum designed to show displeasure with Brussels, the government might do well to learn from what just happened in the U.K.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: ‘Crisis Of Elites’ In Europe
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister insisted that there was a crisis of the elites and a crisis of democracy in Europe and the western world. Europe’s right- and left-wing leaders, over 50-60 years, always came from the same circles, schools and elites, and everyone thought this was natural while they competed against each other and exchanged roles while guaranteeing the growing prosperity of Europe, the prime ...
Molnár Elected Chairman Of Socialist Party
- 28 Jun 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Gyula Molnár, former head of the Socialist Party’s Budapest chapter, was elected as the party’s new chairman at its weekend congress. Molnár was elected in the second round of voting, defeating former leader József Tóbiás, after none of the four candidates running for the party’s top spot were able to secure a majority in the first round.
Xpat Opinion: Ferenc Gyurcsány: “Disintegration Or Something Else?”
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As always, Hungarian Spectrum welcomes democratic voices from and about Hungary. Today Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009, offers his solutions to the ills of western democracies. Mr. Gyurcsány is currently the chairman of Demokratikus Koalíció, which he established in 2011.