Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned that the coming days may determine whether the war moves closer to Europe or tensions ease. He criticized the EU’s limited role in major negotiations and cautioned that Europe faces a dangerous moment.
US Vice President JD Vance blasted Brussels for targeting Elon Musk’s X platform, urging the EU to defend free speech instead of ‘attacking American companies over garbage’. His remarks follow reports that the European Commission is preparing a major DSA fine against X—just as tensions with Washington escalate over Ukraine and trade.
The launch of Budapest — What We Are Proud Of photo album at the Museum of Ethnography celebrated the city’s recent architectural renaissance. It featured distinguished guests such as architect Sándor Finta, pianist János Balázs, Ministerial Commissioner for the Liget Project László Baán, and famous Hungarian TV host Nóra Ördög.
Elon Musk has praised Viktor Orbán’s hard line on migration by sharing a viral clip in which the prime minister warns that progressive elites seek to reshape Europe demographically. As US conservatives rallied behind Orbán, Donald Trump reportedly intensified pressure on EU governments to abandon pro-migration policies and confront the crisis honestly.
The CJEU has again ruled against Hungary in a migration case, overriding the Curia of Hungary by invoking the primacy of EU law. The decision reflects Brussels’s push to centralize control over migration and weaken its Member States’ sovereignty, allowing a foreign national expelled by Hungary due to a lack of income to stay in the country.
Hungary has become a net contributor to the European Union for the first time since its 2004 accession, as frozen EU funds continue to distort the financial balance. With Budapest paying more into the common budget than it receives, the economic impact of the European Commission’s political blackmail campaign is increasingly visible ahead of the 2026 election.
‘The Commission’s initiative…is more than just stigmatizing content deemed “false” by Brussels’s fact-checkers. It is also about setting up a closely aligned network in Europe that can coordinate to spread “correct” and “truthful” information—while being paid by Brussels.’
A new proposal by the European Parliament’s competent committee would ban all Russian oil and gas imports from 1 January 2026. According to a Századvég survey, two-thirds of Hungarian adults oppose the embargo, fearing soaring fuel prices and a severe energy crisis.
The European Parliament has adopted a non-legislative report calling for a unified EU-wide minimum age of 16 to access social media platforms, video-sharing sites and AI-based digital companion apps. Young people aged 13–16 would require parental approval.
The EU’s top court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages contracted in any member state must be recognized across the bloc, a decision that could trigger legal action against countries such as Hungary and Slovakia. The case stemmed from Poland’s refusal to register a marriage concluded in Germany.