Hungary’s petrol and diesel prices have moved above the regional average less than two weeks after the government abolished its fuel-price cap. Motorists can now fill up more cheaply in Croatia, Slovenia, and elsewhere in the wider region, while renewed tensions around the Strait of Hormuz and Russia’s temporary diesel-export ban threaten further increases over the coming weeks.
According to a new poll by the firm More in Common, 55 per cent of British people think that national identity is disappearing due to diversity. Meanwhile, 42 per cent believe that Muslim immigrants cannot integrate into British society.
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has warned that the proposed 17th amendment to the Basic Law would erode the rule of law, weaken the separation of powers and set a dangerous precedent for the removal of independent officeholders.
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has published his submission to the Venice Commission, asking the Council of Europe body to assess whether a proposed constitutional amendment ending his mandate before its expiry would comply with European constitutional standards.
Hungary’s constitutional clash has widened beyond President Tamás Sulyok, as Prime Minister Péter Magyar and former president János Áder traded accusations over the government’s planned constitutional overhaul and the funding of Áder’s climate foundation. Magyar submitted the 17th Amendment over the weekend, which would remove Sulyok from office the day after its adoption.
‘For those familiar with Biedermeier portrait painting, this painting really stands out from its peers…It is not the lifelikeness that makes the quality, since we do not even know what the little girl was like in reality, but the liveliness that even evokes the personality. This face is the face of a real person who, thanks to the magic of art, survives what is depicted.’
‘The principle at stake is not complicated, nor should it depend on who the victims are: violence against women must be condemned as a matter of universal human rights, or the very idea of universal human rights loses its meaning.’
Budapest’s first Pride parade since Viktor Orbán lost power shifted the debate beyond freedom of assembly last year, as Mayor Gergely Karácsony called for the legalization of same-sex marriage. The proposal mirrors developments in neighbouring Poland, where comparable political and legal changes have gradually expanded LGBT rights following the fall of the conservative PiS government.
German anti-racism NGO CLAIM has launched a nationwide campaign promoting Muslims as an ‘inseparable part’ of everyday life, funded through a federal programme supported by taxpayers. The initiative has renewed scrutiny of CLAIM, whose predecessor network was repeatedly scrutinized over alleged links to Islamist networks, including the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.
‘For the G7 to truly become a group capable of upholding the rules-based order, its members need to strengthen the group’s legitimacy in the eyes of the world. If this transformation can be successful, the G7 could continue to play a leading role.’
At a time when public debate is increasingly polarized and superficial, Hungarian Conservative remains committed to depth and independent thought.
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