Migration and geopolitics dominated a Budapest panel on 27 March marking the launch of Tamás Dezső’s latest volume, as speakers warned that Europe remains unprepared for structural migration pressures. The discussion highlighted demographic trends, security risks, and policy failures shaping the continent’s response.
The European Commission is urging member states to curb fuel consumption as the Iran war disrupts global energy flows, with officials warning of prolonged shortages. A letter by Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen highlights risks to transport and calls for voluntary demand cuts ahead of an emergency EU meeting.
The balance of power between Brussels and Member States is increasingly contested, speakers argued at a Danube Institute panel, warning that EU institutions and court rulings are expanding authority beyond treaties—raising concerns over sovereignty, subsidiarity, and a growing push toward federalism.
‘The 2024 Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR)…focuses primarily on agricultural land, forests, urban, marine, freshwater, and wetland areas. Its goal is to enhance the role of natural and semi-natural habitats in achieving climate targets and preserving biodiversity.’
With the war in Iran dragging on and millions displaced, Europe could face a migration crisis even larger than in 2015. Critics argue the EU’s new Migration and Asylum Pact is ill-equipped, calling for Member States to regain control and manage migration grounded in national sovereignty.
‘Do we really want to turn European politics into a game where the intelligence services of member states spy on the politicians of other member states and leak these conversations to the press? This type of politics would obviously destroy the European project itself—and it would do so quickly.’
The European Commission has demanded ‘clarification’ from Hungary after reports alleged that Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó leaked confidential EU discussions to Moscow, as election-related information warfare intensifies. The claims emerged days after Brussels activated its DSA rapid response system, which the government called a ‘coordinated operation’.
Following CPAC Hungary, Europe’s patriotic leaders returned to Budapest for the first Patriots’ Grand Assembly, once again transforming the Hungarian capital into a hub of right-wing coordination. The meeting sent a clear message of unity—and strong backing for Viktor Orbán ahead of the high-stakes election in April, the results of which will have impacts far beyond Hungary’s borders.
Does the European Commission defend us from foreign interference and disinformation, or the opposite? How many NGOs and media companies receive EU money for promoting the Brussels agenda? How disproportionate is the EU funding system? We asked the British writer and journalist about the EU’s propaganda and censorship aimed at keeping people ‘free’.
Polish MEP Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik has backed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán amid what she described as the European Commission’s attempts to interfere in the election through online censorship under the Digital Services Act (DSA). Calling on von der Leyen to ‘keep her hands off’ Hungarian citizens, she expressed hope that they would not ‘succumb to these influences’.
At a time when public debate is increasingly polarized and superficial, Hungarian Conservative remains committed to depth and independent thought.
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