Tamás Orbán

Tamás Orbán is a political journalist for europeanconservative.com, based in Brussels. Born in Transylvania, he studied history and international relations in Kolozsvár, and worked for several political research institutes in Budapest. His interests include current affairs, social movements, geopolitics, and Central European security. On Twitter, he is @TamasOrbanEC.
Brussels Paves the Way for New ‘Cash-for-Reforms’ Model

Brussels Paves the Way for New ‘Cash-for-Reforms’ Model

Von der Leyen’s latest power grab merges departments under her control and ties EU funds to ideologically-biased conditions.

November 21, 2024
EU Climate Chief Demands West-Financed Global Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

EU Climate Chief Demands West-Financed Global Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

While Western nations are expected to foot the bill for the world’s climate transition, China and other major industrial players would only have to chip in ‘voluntarily.’

November 21, 2024
Done Deal: Second von der Leyen Commission Approved by Parliamentary Groups

Done Deal: Second von der Leyen Commission Approved by Parliamentary Groups

The EPP greenlit a Spanish socialist in exchange for an Italian conservative, even though Teresa Ribera said she won’t step down if prosecuted for mismanaging floods in Spain.

November 21, 2024
First-Ever Report on Rule of Law in EU Institutions Shows “Serious Violations”

First-Ever Report on Rule of Law in EU Institutions Shows “Serious Violations”

The document identifies 18 systemic shortcomings in Brussels, mostly linked to “attempts to arbitrarily and stealthily extend competences in contravention of the Treaties.”

November 20, 2024
Hungary Defends Child Protection Law at Historic EU Court Trial

Hungary Defends Child Protection Law at Historic EU Court Trial

The EU Commission and 16 other member states could seek to suspend Hungary’s voting rights after the “largest human rights battle in EU history” over the alleged anti-LGBT legislation.

November 20, 2024
Spanish Nationalists Urge EPP To Reject Ribera’s Commission Bid

Spanish Nationalists Urge EPP To Reject Ribera’s Commission Bid

The social democrats are ready to back conservative Italian Raffaele Fitto in exchange for Ribera again, but VOX warned that the EPP will become “irrelevant” if it accepts the deal.

November 19, 2024
Romanian PM: With Bulgaria, We Will Fully Join Schengen From January 2025

Romanian PM: With Bulgaria, We Will Fully Join Schengen From January 2025

Hungary will host a meeting between interior ministers on Friday, expected to finalize the decades-long negotiations.

November 19, 2024
EU Commission Deadlock: Spanish Center-Right Demands Socialist Candidate Be Replaced

EU Commission Deadlock: Spanish Center-Right Demands Socialist Candidate Be Replaced

“The European Commission cannot be the hiding place of a minister who owes a lot of explanations to the people,” the PP leader said, referring to Teresa Ribera’s mismanagement of the recent deadly floods in Spain.

November 18, 2024
Patriots Pick Spanish VOX Leader as Party President During First Congress

Patriots Pick Spanish VOX Leader as Party President During First Congress

“The future belongs to patriots,” Abascal said, pledging “a frontal and total response to globalism.”

November 18, 2024
‘No to Conservatives’: Socialists Walk Away From Negotiation Table on EU Commissioners

‘No to Conservatives’: Socialists Walk Away From Negotiation Table on EU Commissioners

Talks between the EU Parliament’s two largest parties broke down, with the S&D set to reject both Italy’s Raffaele Fitto and Hungary’s Olivér Várhelyi.

November 14, 2024
Ukraine Could Rapidly Build Nuclear Weapons if U.S. Reduces Aid

Ukraine Could Rapidly Build Nuclear Weapons if U.S. Reduces Aid

Kyiv has the means to produce “hundreds” of small warheads, report says.

November 14, 2024
Far-Left Mob Tries to Shut Down French Leader’s Brussels Book Launch

Far-Left Mob Tries to Shut Down French Leader’s Brussels Book Launch

Protesters threw bottles and firecrackers outside the Bardella event at one of the last remaining refuges of free speech in the city.

November 14, 2024