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Why other people’s autocrat is still your problem
Transatlantic relations

Why other people’s autocrat is still your problem

Posted on January, 2021 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Your values are your interests. And autocracies don’t have values Continue reading →

What can the EU do with member states that walk back on freedom?
Commentary

What can the EU do with member states that walk back on freedom?

Posted on June, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Redistributionism vs democracy, values, fundamental rights and freedoms Continue reading →

Freedom House: Hungary now only a hybrid regime
Real existing Orbánism

Freedom House: Hungary now only a hybrid regime

Posted on May, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

The steepest civilizatory decline among the Eastern Bloc Continue reading →

Even his voters don’t believe that Orbán could be removed by elections, finds last pre-corona poll
Data

Even his voters don’t believe that Orbán could be removed by elections, finds last pre-corona poll

Posted on April, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Policy Solutions (with support from the German Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) and Závecz Research conducted a poll on the tenth anniversary of Orbán’s rule. The poll took place between 3.10 March, before the corona crisis. Continue reading →

The Biggest Illusion About Orbán
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The Biggest Illusion About Orbán

Posted on February, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

The inconvenient truth about Orbán – Part 2. Continue reading →

Freedom House: Hungary Only A Semi-Consolidated Democracy
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Freedom House: Hungary Only A Semi-Consolidated Democracy

Posted on April, 2017 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Hungary now has the lowest ranking in the Central European region on the Freedom House Index Continue reading →

Those Who Depend – Love
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Those Who Depend – Love

Posted on December, 2016 by MwBp • 6 Comments

Bonding can be achieved by oppression – and the victim can’t tell it from actual love Continue reading →

Fear and Helplessness in Politics
Jumping Frog - Boiling Frog

Fear and Helplessness in Politics

Posted on December, 2016 by MwBp • 10 Comments

Populism, xenophobia, racism, extremism, or the erosion of democracy are just symptoms. This is behind them Continue reading →

Equal But Poor
Data

Equal But Poor

Posted on December, 2016 by MwBp • 7 Comments

This is what happens when you confuse poverty with inequality and wrongly define the problem Continue reading →

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