Péter Techet gave an interview to the Hungarian-language program “Pátria Rádió” of the public broadcasting of Slovakia about the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. The entire interview (in Hungarian) can be heard here.
For the German newspaper “taz,” Péter Techet wrote an op-ed on why a democratic change is possible in Slovenia or Poland but repeatedly fails in Hungary and Serbia: One possible reason is that a signifant part of the society sees themselves as “losers of the history” and blames “the West” for it. As long as an anti-Western, nationalist climate dominates in society, a political change is hardly possible.
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Sebastian Schäffer was interviewed by Eurasia Diary about the relation of Hungary with the EU. It is available in Azeri here.
Here are some excerpts in English:
“I don’t think that Viktor Oban is a Trojan horse of the Russian Federation inside the European Union. However, his actions and standpoint towards Ukraine, certainly serve the interest of Vladimir Putin. It is not the first time and it will unfortunately also not be the last time that the Hungarian Prime Minister is blackmailing Brussels. He needs the additional funds, and in order to unfreeze them he will not resort from using such despicable methods. It is politically, but also morally corrupt to try to gain a financial advantage on the backs of the Ukrainians who have been fighting for our freedom and our values and deserve not only the aid package, but also the opening of the negotiations that at least Orban didn’t veto, but he immediately after the decision has been taken (after he left the room as suggested by the German Chancellor) publicly denounced.”
The Hungarian-language broadcast of the Slovak Radio conducted an interview with Péter Techet on the reasons behind the rise of anti-Semitism as a consequence of the Middle East conflict. Techet analyzed the pro-Israel stance of many right-wing populist parties, using it to conceal their anti-Muslim attitudes. At the same time, Techet discussed the anti-Semitic elements within the left and Muslim “anti-Zionism.”
The entire conversation (in Hungarian) can be heard here.
Péter Techet spoke with the French daily newspaper “La Croix” about the new campaign launched by the Hungarian government against Ursula von der Leyen and the son of George Soros, Alex Soros. Techet also analyzed the recent, ideological motivated constitutional amendment, which aims to protect the “sovereignty.”
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Warum das österreichische Veto gegen den Schengen-Beitritt von Bulgarien und Rumänien aus vielen Gründen kurzsichtig ist, erklären Sophia Beiter und Sebastian Schäffer im Gastkommentar in DiePresse.
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Der Gastkommentar wurde in internationalen Medien rezipiert:
Left-wing populist Robert Fico, who was removed from power in Slovakia in 2018 after corruption scandals, has returned to power and formed a coalition with leftist and nationalist parties, which could have significant implications for Central Europe and the European Union.
Polen hat ein neues Parlament gewählt, die Opposition um Donald Tusk könnte künftig regieren. Politologin Malwina Talik analysiert im Video, was das für die Zukunft des Landes heißt.
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