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.
EU Leaders Panic After Trump Puts Them in Their Place on NATO Defense Spending

EU Leaders Panic After Trump Puts Them in Their Place on NATO Defense Spending

Just weeks ago, Dutch PM Mark Rutte said Trump “was completely right in forcing us to live up to [our NATO] commitment,” in Davos.

February 12, 2024
EU-Turn: Brussels Finally Recognizes Nuclear Power as “Strategic” For Green Goals

EU-Turn: Brussels Finally Recognizes Nuclear Power as “Strategic” For Green Goals

The EU now aims to deploy subsidized reactors by 2030—despite Commission president saying the opposite last year.

February 8, 2024
Police Investigate Migrant ‘Promo Video’ Shot Aboard German NGO Ship

Police Investigate Migrant ‘Promo Video’ Shot Aboard German NGO Ship

SOS Humanity, which got €790,000 from Berlin last year, appears complicit in creation of video for human smuggling website.

February 8, 2024
EU Takes Legal Action Against Hungary’s Defense of Sovereignty Law

EU Takes Legal Action Against Hungary’s Defense of Sovereignty Law

Brussels’ claim that the law violates freedom of expression is just a pretext for another violation of Hungarian sovereignty.

February 7, 2024
Uniting the Right? French National-Conservatives Join the ECR Group

Uniting the Right? French National-Conservatives Join the ECR Group

The addition of the Reconquête party would help the ECR preserve its position as the main national conservative, sovereigntist force in Brussels.

February 7, 2024
EU Commission Sets Tougher Climate Targets, Gives Sham Concessions to Farmers

EU Commission Sets Tougher Climate Targets, Gives Sham Concessions to Farmers

The Commission dropped the planned 30% CO2 cut in the agricultural sector to appease protesters, but the newly set 90% overall reduction by 2040 will force farmers to comply anyway.

February 6, 2024
Romanian Farmers Force Concessions From Government

Romanian Farmers Force Concessions From Government

Bucharest surrenders by striking a deal with protestors, promising major policy reversals.

February 5, 2024
Greens Double Down: Net Zero By 2040

Greens Double Down: Net Zero By 2040

The European Greens push for earlier climate neutrality and a ‘federal’ EU in new election manifesto.

February 5, 2024
#FreeJohanFloderus: Pressure on EU to Bring Home Swede Imprisoned in Iran

#FreeJohanFloderus: Pressure on EU to Bring Home Swede Imprisoned in Iran

As of Feb. 3rd, Johan Floderus, a Swedish EU diplomat, has been unlawfully imprisoned by the Iranian regime for 657 days.

February 3, 2024
Leftist EU Parties Claim They’ve Been on the Farmers’ Side All Along

Leftist EU Parties Claim They’ve Been on the Farmers’ Side All Along

Agrarian demonstrators should be wary of parties who have suddenly begun ‘supporting’ them after the fiery Brussels protest.

February 3, 2024
Orbán Drops Veto on €50B Ukraine Funds on Three Conditions

Orbán Drops Veto on €50B Ukraine Funds on Three Conditions

EU leaders agreed to annual review of how Ukraine uses funds, and gave guarantee that the Commission will treat Hungary “fairly and objectively” in rule-of-law cases

February 1, 2024
Eurofederalist Lobby Projects Propaganda onto Commission HQ

Eurofederalist Lobby Projects Propaganda onto Commission HQ

The EU-funded group used scaremongering over Russia to further its power-grabbing agenda, implicitly targeting member states’ sovereignty.

January 31, 2024