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The EU armed Orbán with billions. His opponents? A stern scolding to fix their own democracy
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The EU armed Orbán with billions. His opponents? A stern scolding to fix their own democracy

Posted on December, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

A few years without EU cash would be a relief for democracy Continue reading →

The right way to read Orbán
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The right way to read Orbán

Posted on November, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

His last letter belongs on the Star Wars title crawl Continue reading →

Autocracies vs. the living
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Autocracies vs. the living

Posted on November, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

That hope, that spark, that thing that makes you want – Part 4. Continue reading →

Prisons of the mind
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Prisons of the mind

Posted on November, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

That hope, that spar, that thing that makes you want – Part 3. Continue reading →

Hope, Change and Addiction
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Hope, Change and Addiction

Posted on November, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

That hope, that spark, that thing that makes you want – Part 2. Continue reading →

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First to embrace – Last to let go

Posted on November, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Orbán took 18 hours to congratulate to Biden Continue reading →

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Why the 2/3 didn’t matter

Posted on October, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Even The Economist felt compelled to report that a byelection in October could technically end Orbán’s damaging parliamentary supermajority. The key word is technically. Continue reading →

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If Budapest gets EU money directly will Orbán tax it at 100% or 120%?

Posted on October, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Orbán will get his revenge Continue reading →

Expecting covid-measures to make epidemiological sense is a first world privilege
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Expecting covid-measures to make epidemiological sense is a first world privilege

Posted on October, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Only a citizen spoiled by freedom gets upset when a politician is stupid, stealing or grabbing power Continue reading →

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There is no such thing as good price controls and a bad ones

Posted on September, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

The government hit covid tests with price control. Now it takes 30 days to get two negative tests and escape quarantine. Continue reading →

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