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Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Central Europe facing a new wave of migration from the Balkans

According to Frontex, in the first nine months of 2022, the number of attempted illegal crossings of the EU’s external borders in the Western Balkan section increased by 1,500% compared to 2019 and by 170% compared to 2021.
Analyses | | Andrzej Sadecki

Orbán in Berlin seeking Germanys backing in the EU dispute

On 9–11 October, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a visit to Germany, the highlight of which was a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. According to press reports, Orbán also met with Angela Merkel and former CDU leader Armin Laschet. In…
Analyses | | Andrzej Sadecki

Hungarys campaign against the Wests Russia policy

In recent weeks, the Hungarian government’s main message at home and abroad has been to criticise EU sanctions against Russia and advocate lifting them, or at least not imposing any new sanctions. Fidesz politicians have accompanied this…
Analyses | | Andrzej Sadecki

Conditionality mechanism Hungary facing the threat of withheld EU funds

On 18 September, the European Commission recommended withholding 65% of funding to Hungary for three cohesion policy operational programmes (€7.5 billion in total) in order to ‘ensure the protection of the financial interests of the EU…
Analyses | | Andrzej Sadecki, Łukasz Kobeszko

Rising tensions between Croatia and Hungary against the backdrop of energy dispute

Recently, the Croatian government has taken a series of measures against Hungarian companies operating in Croatia or planning to enter the Croatian market. According to the information from the Croatian Nacional daily, the government of…
OSW Commentary | | Andrzej Sadecki

Orbáns fifth government full power overshadowed by crises

Upon attaining a fourth consecutive election victory, Viktor Orbán’s new government is sticking to its usual methods of operation: the concentration of power, control of the narrative, and ‘unorthodox’ economic policies, such as additional…
OSW Commentary | | Andrzej Sadecki

Electoral triumph for Fidesz but a difficult term ahead

Fidesz’s overwhelming victory in the parliamentary elections on 3 April has consolidated its dominance on the Hungarian political scene. The party, which has been in government for twelve years, defeated the united opposition and won a…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Nieczypor, Andrzej Sadecki

Ukrainian-Hungarian dispute over dual citizenship

In early December 2021, President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted to the Verkhovna Rada five draft amendments to laws and codes on holding multiple citizenships: draft amendments to the Citizenship Law regarding the procedures for acquiring…
Analyses | | Franciszek Tyszka

Controversy over the construction of a Chinese university campus in Budapest

Since 6 April, when the Hungarian investigative news website Direkt36 published detailed information about the construction of a campus of China’s prestigious Fudan University, there have been ongoing disputes whether this investment is…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Całus

Cooperation despite mistrust The shadow of Trianon in Romanian-Hungarian relations

On 3 November, the Romanian parliament declared that 4 June would be a new public holiday commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Trianon on that day in 1920. This document formalised the transfer of large territories then belonging to…