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Budapest voted against Orbán. Budapest must die.
Orbán’s reaction to the 2019 local election defeat became clear early on: revenge and punishment of renitent cities. And the pandemic lent him an excuse. The worst hit city, and the one getting the full force of Orbán’s wrath, is Budapest. Continue reading
Orbán punishes opposition cities
A village of 3900 people received EU funds equivalent of half of Budapest’s annual budget (population 1.7 million) as a gift for loyalty to Orbán. Continue reading
The pandemic is an odd time to attack doctors
And attacking doctors is an odd way to fix healthcare Continue reading
Orbán vs Healthcare – Before the pandemic
Attacking healthcare is an odd way to fix it Continue reading
Antony Blinken could have been a historic opportunity for US-Hungarian relations.
It will be missed because of Orbán. Continue reading
After Orbán
“I feel like I win when I lose” Continue reading
The EU armed Orbán with billions. His opponents? A stern scolding to fix their own democracy
A few years without EU cash would be a relief for democracy Continue reading
I think it’s a pattern
Just take December 2020. The month started with the political appointee at the helm of Petőfi Literary Museum publishing a combative editorial calling George Soros the “liberal Führer” whose “liber-aryan followers worship him more subserviently than Hitler’s did Hitler”. He called Europe “George Soros’ gas chamber”. Continue reading
Should a constitutional supermajority even be allowed?
What was Janez Janša thinking? Continue reading
Government to squeeze out Tesco, Aldi, Spar, Lidl and Auchan
Squeezing out foreign-owned retail chains is in the ten-year-plan of the government Continue reading
