Government Bloc Extends Lead as TISZA Faces Mounting Troubles

A new analysis from the Center for Fundamental Rights claims the governing Fidesz–KDNP coalition maintained a strong lead in October, while the TISZA Party continued to struggle amid controversies over data leaks, policy proposals, and public communications.

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock gives a speech at the presentation of the Guidelines on Feminist Foreign Policy in the Weltsaal of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany, 1 March 2023

Fixing Germany’s Sovereignty Deficit: The Case for Sovereign Realism

‘Germany faces a stark choice between continued strategic drift and fundamental transformation. The half-measures of constrained realism will prove no more effective than the delusions of values-based idealism when confronted with determined opposition…Only genuine sovereign realism…offers the possibility of effective foreign policy in the age of great power competition.’

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

The Great European Delusion and the Dawn of Realist Foreign Policy

‘Our world has changed, the international order has transformed, and every actor is trying to adapt. With the end of unipolarity, the hegemony of liberal foreign policy also ended…Free trade has given way to protectionism; moralizing, value-centric diplomacy has given way to transactional realism. However, this recognition apparently eludes the European Union.’

Orbán: European Leaders Are Playing with Fire

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned that Europe is on the brink of a new arms race and drifting toward war, urging Hungary to remain on the side of peace while outlining his government’s economic plans, including pension reforms and wage programmes.

Slop Check: Italian Libs Make Up Orbán Quote

‘Leftist media outlets lie. They lie all the time. The problem for our friend Tommaso here is that the La Repubblica meeting—which was conducted in English—was recorded on video and later uploaded online by Hungarian parliamentarian Balázs Orbán.’