Hungary's Migration Debate - an article by Péter Krekó and Attila Juhász in Foreign Affairs
As the Hungarian government is losing support while Jobbik is on the rise as its most important challenger, Viktor Orbán is trying to halt the popularity of the far-right party by putting...
The more successful populist, Euro-reject parties in the last few years have shifted their platform’s central pillar from anti-immigration in 2009’s EP election to anti-EU in 2014’s EP election.
In the last five years Fidesz implemented several measures that were originally part of Jobbik’s program. There are several fields where the rhetoric of Fidesz and Jobbik have converged.
Summary of the study by Átlátszó, K-Monitor, Political Capital and Transparency International Hungary
Political Capital's study on Kremlin's connections to the Hungarian far-right.
On April 12, the far-right Jobbik candidate won a by-election in the individual constituency of Tapolca.
On February 22, in an electoral district in western Hungary, considered as a stronghold for the right, Zoltán Kész, an independent candidate beat his rival representing the ruling party by 9%.
While we cannot expect that Hungary will be breaking the EU consensus over sanctions alone in the future, Hungary can remain an important member in the club of sanctions-critical EU member states.
From a diplomatic aspect, the joint press conference by the German chancellor and the Hungarian prime minister revealed some disagreements.
Russian influence on the European radical scene
Jobbik managed to hold on to the majority of its mayoral seats, 14 of its mayoral candidates won at the municipal election.
