Zoltán Kottász

Zoltán Kottász is a journalist for europeanconservative.com, based in Budapest. He worked for many years as a journalist and as the editor of the foreign desk at the Hungarian daily, Magyar Nemzet. He focuses primarily on European politics.
Merz Faces Mounting Pressure as Reports of CDU Revolt Grow

Merz Faces Mounting Pressure as Reports of CDU Revolt Grow

Senior CDU figures are reportedly discussing replacing the German chancellor after September’s eastern state elections.

July 31, 2026
Party Split Shatters Poland’s Conservative Opposition

Party Split Shatters Poland’s Conservative Opposition

Donald Tusk’s leftist-liberal government may face four right-wing parties at next year’s parliamentary elections.

July 31, 2026
Zelensky Visits Poland in Bid To Ease Diplomatic Tensions

Zelensky Visits Poland in Bid To Ease Diplomatic Tensions

New polling shows Polish support for Ukraine’s EU membership has fallen sharply.

July 30, 2026
German Police Union Calls for Tougher Migration Laws After Berlin Attack

German Police Union Calls for Tougher Migration Laws After Berlin Attack

The DPolG union wants stricter rules on citizenship, deportation, and asylum after the Islamist attack committed by a German-Lebanese man.

July 30, 2026
Political Revenge: Poland Seeks Extradition of Conservative Ex-Minister From U.S.

Political Revenge: Poland Seeks Extradition of Conservative Ex-Minister From U.S.

Former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro says he welcomes scrutiny by the U.S. legal system after the liberal Tusk government formally requested his extradition.

July 28, 2026
Berlin Terror Suspect Was Under Surveillance Until an Hour Before Attack

Berlin Terror Suspect Was Under Surveillance Until an Hour Before Attack

German security services monitored Abdul Ballout for weeks before he drove a van into crowds at Berlin’s Pride celebration.

July 28, 2026
Rotterdam Introduces Nighttime Exclusion Zone To Keep Out Migrant Youth Gangs

Rotterdam Introduces Nighttime Exclusion Zone To Keep Out Migrant Youth Gangs

Only residents, workers, and authorised visitors are now allowed into parts of De Esch overnight under an unprecedented three-month trial.

July 27, 2026
Germany Tracks 9,110 Violent Islamists After Deadly Berlin Attack

Germany Tracks 9,110 Violent Islamists After Deadly Berlin Attack

The figures have come under renewed scrutiny after a known ISIS-linked extremist killed a woman and injured 29 others in a lorry attack.

July 27, 2026
Judges Recognise Anti-White Racism in French Teen’s Murder

Judges Recognise Anti-White Racism in French Teen’s Murder

Around ten witnesses reported hearing attackers say they had come to “stab white people” during the fatal violence.

July 24, 2026
Masked Smugglers Hand 90 Migrants to German NGO in New Footage

Masked Smugglers Hand 90 Migrants to German NGO in New Footage

Italian prosecutors are investigating whether Sea-Watch illegally cooperated with organised criminal networks.

July 23, 2026
Brussels Blocks 600,000 Europeans From Demanding an Immigration Halt

Brussels Blocks 600,000 Europeans From Demanding an Immigration Halt

The Commission refused to register the Save Europe Act, ruling that its call to halt non-Western immigration breached EU anti-discrimination rules.

July 23, 2026
Orbán Declares “Resistance” After Authorities Seize Fidesz Servers

Orbán Declares “Resistance” After Authorities Seize Fidesz Servers

The raid on Fidesz’s communications infrastructure is another sign that Hungary’s new, pro-Brussels government is using prosecutorial powers to harm its largest political opponent.

July 22, 2026