The past three months have seen a surge in legislation regarding the Chinese app TikTok, mainly for security reasons; that is, the app is partly owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Starting with the United States and continuing with Canada, the European Union finally realized the apparent cybersecurity threat. From March 20, the Chinese app has been suspended from all corporate devices of the EU’s leading institutions.
On the same day as the Hungarian prime minister’s State of the Nation address, important international speeches were delivered as well. There is a stark contrast between Obán’s words, and the communication of other European leaders.
Author: Zoltán Kész Agriculture is an issue which is viewed very differently depending on which European country you look at it from. Whether it is the subsidies or the methods, it seems like there is no real understanding among all the EU member states. In this edition of the CEA Talks podcast, host Zoltán Kész […]
Photo credit: Facebook A new far-right party has started its work in the Hungarian Parliament as it passed the threshold of 5%. Podcast Its name is Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland). CEA Talks host Zoltán kész talks to Political Capital analyst Bulcsú Hunyady, who is an expert on extremism and radicalisation. They talk about what caused […]
Tanja Porčnik, the President of the Slovenian Visio Institute talks to Zoltan Kesz about the Slovenian elections. Podcast On April 24, a parliamentary election took place in the country. The results reflected a clear message from voters that the government needs to change. The ruling party led by Janez Jansa lost to a completely new […]
Civitas Director of Operations Zoltán Kész joined the American Enterprise Institute’s The Eastern Front podcast to express his views on Hungary’s parliamentary election this Sunday. He talks about the chances of Fidesz and the united opposition, and recalls the time when his election as an independent MP broke Viktor Orbán’s two-thirds majority in the Hungarian […]
Hungarian economic historian István Teplán shares his thoughts on the recent developments in Central and Eastern Europe, and warns that revisionism could pose a danger to Ukraine’s territorial integrity from different directions. Op-ed It is crystal clear now that Viktor Orbán not only created the most corrupt government of the European Union, where political power […]
With possibly eight months to go until the Hungarian parliamentary election, the race between the governing Fidesz and the opposition coalition is becoming more and more competitive, and the power balance between the opposition PM candidates is rapidly shifting. With both Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony and Jobbik leader Péter Jakab losing ground, DK-candidate Klára Dobrev, […]
Free access to information comes at a price. Fake news, conspiracy theories, disinformation and antisemitism can rapidly spread today through various platforms. Fanatics, political extremists and malicious actors chip in to take their share and exploit the opportunities for their own gains by polarizing society thanks to applying the above mentioned phenomena. The Hungarian Free […]
Within the framework of “Democracy is Europe”, a pan-European project organised by the Union of European Federalists, Eszter Kirs, Zoltán Fleck, and András Pulai talked about the deteriorating reputation of Hungarian democracy in the EU, shared their views on what has gone wrong since 1989, and discussed the possibility of returning to the European democratic […]
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