Tag: Viktor Orbán
How the Istanbul Convention became a symbol of Europe’s cultural wars...
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It once seemed relatively uncontroversial: a 25-page document meant to reduce violence against women across Europe.
But a...
Charles Michel, crisis manager (and inciter) – POLITICO
As an ex-prime minister of Belgium, a country known for its fierce regional divisions and fractious government negotiations, European Council President Charles Michel...
The Netherlands’ Mr. Normal – POLITICO
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has achieved every incumbent politician’s dream: His voters can’t seem to imagine...
Charles Michel mounts fierce defense of EU vaccine plan – POLITICO
EU citizens may be angrily clamoring for their coronavirus vaccines, but European Council President Charles Michel wants everybody to see the "bigger picture"...
16 EU countries opted against Moderna vaccine top-up: Hungarian government –...
More than half of EU countries did not order as many doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine as they could have, according to a...
Orbán walkout shakes up European (political) family drama – POLITICO
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Viktor Orbán’s relationship with his European Parliament family finally reached breaking point.
After years of tension and procrastination...
Orbán’s Fidesz quits EPP group in European Parliament – POLITICO
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party on Wednesday quit the center-right bloc in the European Parliament after a vote that paved the...
EU countries look abroad for vaccines as doubts in Brussels grow...
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The EU is short on coronavirus vaccines, but on Tuesday the European Commission faced an even shorter...
Austria and Denmark eye alliance with Israel on coronavirus vaccines –...
Israel is to hold talks with Austria and Denmark on teaming up to manufacture coronavirus vaccines, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday....
Fidesz will quit EPP group before accepting suspension – POLITICO
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned Sunday that his Fidesz party will quit the European People’s Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament...