European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on Hungarian authorities to allow the Budapest Pride march—scheduled for Saturday—to proceed, despite new legislation banning it. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán urged von der Leyen not to interfere in Hungary’s domestic affairs.
Who started the war? Who is violating international law and committing war crimes? How much damage has Iran suffered, and how much damage can it cause to Israel? Our interview with Morteza Moradian, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Budapest, about the context of the war.
Hungary has received extensive negative coverage from the mainstream media in the West after the National Assembly passed a law restricting the Budapest Pride march earlier this year. Back in 2019, however, the coverage was very different when city officials in Modesto, California, denied the permit for a straight pride parade.
US President Donald Trump will return to the NATO table in just a few hours for the first time since 2019. The summit in The Hague is set to be far from routine for several reasons: member states are expected to approve a 5 per cent defence spending target by 2035. It will also mark the first summit since 2022 not centred on Ukraine, raising questions about Kyiv’s increasingly uncertain future.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has pledged to take decisive action to safeguard Hungary’s peace and security in response to the US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, citing the growing terror threat, rising energy prices, and increasing migratory pressure facing Europe.
‘Hungary’s 25-year journey in NATO reflects a strategic synthesis of alliance loyalty and national sovereignty. Through the Zrínyi 2026 programme, Hungary has revitalized its defence industry, met NATO’s spending targets, and strengthened its role on the eastern flank.’
‘Can Western nations hope to resurrect Western hegemony while remaining so dysfunctional domestically? Deeper still: are some of these domestic dysfunctions a direct result of their role in maintaining a liberal empire in its late stages? Viewed this way, the emerging multipolar world might…also present opportunities for cultural and political revitalization in the West.’
‘Brexit will be regarded by history as a triumph, and it was a very important thing for our country to do. However, over the last decade, it’s also been extremely hard and sucked in effectively all the effort of a generation of conservative activists to the exclusion and the cost of almost everything else…My conclusion from that is that Hungary is wise not to be attempting Huxit…’
Political Director for the Prime Minister of Hungary Balázs Orbán and John Mearsheimer, political scientist and Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, got together for a fascinating panel discussion at the Budapest Global Dialogue 2025, where they talked about the possible outcomes of the Russo-Ukrainian war and the differences between realist and liberal foreign policy.
At Budapest Global Dialogue 2025, back-to-back panels tackled the unraveling of the post-WWII order, the rise of new power blocs like BRICS, and the global trade system’s future. Speakers warned: the world is not just shifting—it is splintering and reassembling.
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