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European Council Visegrad Meeting. From left to right: Eduard HEGER (Slovak Prime Minister, Slovakia), Andrej BABIŠ (Czech Prime Minister, Czech Republic), Mateusz MORAWIECKI (Polish Prime Minister, Poland), Viktor ORBÁN (Hungarian Prime Minister, Hungary). Credit: European Union

Central Europe’s V4? More Like V2+V2

November 3, 2021
By Péter Krekó

Are the four Visegrád countries (the V4), Central Europe’s premier club, an illiberal island within the EU, or something more distinctive?

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Credit: Draskovics Ádám (www.adamdraskovics.hu)/ WikimediaCommons

Small-Town Mayor to Fight Hungary’s Orbán

October 21, 2021
By Dominik Istrate

For the first time in 12 years, Hungary’s democratic opposition has a shot at winning the general election

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Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis hold a press conference at the Ústí nad Labem in northern Bohemia on September 29, 2021. Photograph: MTI/Prime Minister's Press Office/Benko Vivien Cher

Czech Voters Face the Illiberalism Test

October 5, 2021
By Ladislav Charouz

The Czech Republic’s billionaire prime minister may follow the Polish-Hungarian path if he wins this week’s parliamentary vote, upsetting the European Union.

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Photo: Workers remove an advertisement showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel with a slogan that reads "Mother of Nation - Thanks For 16 Years of Hard Work" before the upcoming state elections in Hamburg, Germany September 24, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Central Europe Bids Farewell to Merkel’s Schnitzel Era

September 27, 2021
By Jiří Hošek

Whoever is Merkel’s successor, the new boss in Berlin is unlikely to be as indulgent toward the Visegrád group

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Photo: Budapest Pride. Credit: Justin van Dyke.

Homophobia Pays Dividends for Hungary’s Populists

August 17, 2021
By Péter Krekó

Surveys of Hungarians are clear on what worries most people after the country became one of the worst-hit anywhere in Europe from the covid-19 pandemic.

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hold a joint news conference in Budapest, Hungary January 3, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Double or Quits: Hungary and Poland Face EU Decision Time

July 30, 2021
By Chels Michta

The European Union (EU) continues to push back against Hungary and Poland for flouting democratic standards.

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Photo: Anna Solvalag, aged 18, receives a Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at an NHS Vaccination Clinic at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London. Sunday June 20, 2021. Credit: PA via Reuters

Time to Trumpet the West’s Vaccine Diplomacy

June 23, 2021
By Jake Morris and Mallie Kermiet

A serious humanitarian effort can now get underway, while highlighting Russia and China’s self-serving aid campaigns

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Photo: Representatives from all over the world attend the 13th Confucius Institute Conference in Chengdu city, southwest China's Sichuan province, 3 December 2018. Credit: Oriental Image via Reuters Connect

Free to Think

June 7, 2021
By Edward Lucas

China’s tentacles reach from Budapest to Cambridge University

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Photo: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during the bilateral meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China April 25, 2019. Credit: Andrea Verdelli/Pool via REUTERS.

A Counter-Enlightenment Creeps Through Eurasia

May 12, 2021
By Emil Avdaliani

Eurasia’s illiberal states are withstanding the liberal democratic project

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Photo: Visegrad Group delivers specifics at Anniversary Summit. Credit: Prime Minister of Poland. Krystian Maj/KPRM

Covid Spats Reveal Central and Eastern Europe’s Political Outlines

April 20, 2021
By CEPA and Péter Krekó

The attitudes of Central-Eastern Europeans toward vaccines from the east are starkly different

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