Rodrigo Ballester is head of the Centre for European Affairs at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest.
Peace in Ukraine: The Sooner, the Better

Peace in Ukraine: The Sooner, the Better

It is not enough to lament and proclaim that, in an ideal world, the aggressor must be defeated, because geopolitics is not a childish game of good versus evil.

March 6, 2025
The Hungarian Way: Supporting Families to Boost Birth Rates

The Hungarian Way: Supporting Families to Boost Birth Rates

Europe is dying and what’s worse, it has chosen to outsource its own survival by importing millions of immigrants to secure its short-term future. Hungary chooses a different path, an example to be followed.

March 1, 2025
Why the Battle Over Hungary’s Child Protection Law Matters for Europe

Why the Battle Over Hungary’s Child Protection Law Matters for Europe

Hungary stands firm while Brussels zealously champions gender ideology and promotes child sexualization.

December 11, 2024
European Migration Policy: Opt-Out Now!

European Migration Policy: Opt-Out Now!

Given the scale of the migratory disaster, the least the EU could do is to grant an opt-out to the states that wish to regain control over their borders.

October 14, 2024
The Rainbow Privilege

The Rainbow Privilege

The rainbow cult imposes itself with the arrogance of the chosen and the impunity of the untouchable.

September 5, 2024
European Parliament in Free Fall

European Parliament in Free Fall

Parliament uses the ‘rule of law’ to punish nonconformity.

March 20, 2024
Hungary and the EU: Who’s Blackmailing Whom?

Hungary and the EU: Who’s Blackmailing Whom?

After years of tensions, European elites have entered into a personal crusade against Orbán; they want his head.

February 1, 2024
The EU’s Financial Weapon

The EU’s Financial Weapon

Why has Hungary, after delivering significant reforms, only received €10 billion from the Commission?

December 23, 2023
Infamous Erasmus? The Exclusion of Hungarian Students & University from the EU’s Iconic Initiative

Infamous Erasmus? The Exclusion of Hungarian Students & University from the EU’s Iconic Initiative

The EU’s decision, abusing the law in the name of the rule of law, is nothing short of Orwellian and will have dramatic consequences for students.

June 2, 2023
EU as Arbiter of Ideological Elegance?

EU as Arbiter of Ideological Elegance?

The EU’s messianic reflex is all the more worrying considering that Brussels recently acquired a formidable weapon with imprecise contours: financial conditionality.

May 27, 2023
The Case of Katalin Cseh: the Power of Mediocrity

The Case of Katalin Cseh: the Power of Mediocrity

Katalin Cseh’s behaviour is the paradigmatic example of the mediocrity of “clickbait politicians.” Overrepresented in the EP, they seem to forget that statesmanship is much more than likes and retweets.

March 13, 2023
Don’t Call it Rule of Law, Call it Vendetta

Don’t Call it Rule of Law, Call it Vendetta

The EU, in the hands of its current pilots, has become an ideological trap—political blackmail clumsily disguised in technocratic euphemisms.

February 6, 2023