Poland’s ruling party refuses to join EU’s far-right alliance
Warsaw, Poland – Italy’s Matteo Salvini has been dreaming of an EU-wide alliance of far-right and Eurosceptic parties. But behindContinue Reading
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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen strengthens Slovak alliance
Bratislava, Slovakia – Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right National Front party, has embarked on a Central and EasternContinue Reading
France’s Marine Le Pen courts Hungarian and Polish right-wing leaders
Paris, France – France’s Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally party (former National Front), is attempting to courtContinue Reading
Warsaw’s EU fest, Brno’s ultra-right clash, Orbán’s Italian wink… What’s new?
Didn’t have time to read the news lately? Kafkadesk’s got you covered. Here’s our recap of what’s been going onContinue Reading
Slovak court rejects ban of far-right party
Bratislava, Slovakia – Earlier this week, Slovakia’s highest court rejected a bid to ban the far-right People’s Party our SlovakiaContinue Reading
Zuzana Čaputová: Why did Slovakia’s Hungarian community choose her?
Last month, Slovakia elected its first female president, Zuzana Čaputová after a long and tiring presidential campaign, which saw herContinue Reading
Zuzana Čaputová becomes Slovakia’s first female president
Bratislava, Slovakia – History is in the making in Slovakia. Slovaks have just elected Zuzana Čaputová, a 45-year-old anti-corruption lawyer,Continue Reading
Hungary’s unwavering opposition to migrants and refugees, in figures
Budapest, Hungary – Although numbers of refugees arriving in Europe have drastically fallen since its 2015-2016 peak, most EU countriesContinue Reading
Czech far-right party faces string of resignations
Prague, Czech Republic – Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) is facing an unprecedented series of resignation in what some analysts seeContinue Reading
What next for Poland and Hungary?
Warsaw, Poland – The German Marshall Fund of the United States, in cooperation with Visegrad Insight, published a policy paperContinue Reading
“The ‘Hungarization’ of the Visegrad Group is harmful to the rest of Central Europe”
This week, we spoke with Vít Dostál, director of the Research Centre at the Association for International Affairs (AMO), aContinue Reading
Steve Bannon flounders in Europe’s illiberal heartland
Prague, Czech Republic – The chief architect of ‘America First’ came to Central Europe hoping to find the promised land.Continue Reading
Tusk celebrates Polish independence by calling government “Contemporary Bolsheviks”
Lodz, Poland – After celebrating the 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence by honouring the Second Republic’s first Chief of State,Continue Reading
Czech xenophobia on the rise (3/3): There’s more to it than meets the eye
Prague, Czech Republic – Last year, Lidl unveiled in the Czech Republic its new advertisement leaflet featuring – among otherContinue Reading
As Macron and Orbán clash, tensions between France and Hungary escalate
Budapest, Hungary – The deterioration of relations between France and Hungary has been long in the making. But they’ve takenContinue Reading
