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.
EU Hands Hungary €16.4 Billion After Magyar’s Brussels Reset

EU Hands Hungary €16.4 Billion After Magyar’s Brussels Reset

Former PM Orbán demanded that Magyar immediately publish the full details of what he called the “von der Leyen–Magyar pact”

May 29, 2026
Europe’s First Remigration Think Tank To Launch in Vienna

Europe’s First Remigration Think Tank To Launch in Vienna

The Institute for Remigration aims to become a central hub for migration policy advocacy, demographic research, and political campaigning across Europe.

May 28, 2026
Polish Right-Wing Konfederacja Seeks Ban on Same-Sex Adoption

Polish Right-Wing Konfederacja Seeks Ban on Same-Sex Adoption

Conservative lawmakers in Poland say recognition of same-sex marriages registered abroad could open the door to same-sex couples’ adoption rights.

May 22, 2026
Patriots for Europe Group Condemns Hungary’s “Lex Orbán” as Attack on Democracy

Patriots for Europe Group Condemns Hungary’s “Lex Orbán” as Attack on Democracy

Hungary’s proposed prime ministerial term limits represent a dangerous precedent according to the conservative grouping.

May 22, 2026
Anything But AfD: CDU Opens Debate on Cooperation With Far Left

Anything But AfD: CDU Opens Debate on Cooperation With Far Left

Senior CDU figures are signalling openness to cooperation with Die Linke in eastern Germany, ignoring the right-wing AfD that keeps surging in the polls.

May 21, 2026
Tusk Government Hunts Ex-Minister Ziobro After He Flees to U.S.

Tusk Government Hunts Ex-Minister Ziobro After He Flees to U.S.

Polish prosecutors are preparing an extradition request for former conservative justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who fled to New York on a journalist visa.

May 21, 2026
Hungarian Government Pushes Constitutional Changes To Block Orbán Comeback

Hungarian Government Pushes Constitutional Changes To Block Orbán Comeback

Hungary’s new administration has unveiled constitutional amendments that include permanently barring Viktor Orbán from returning as prime minister.

May 21, 2026
Belgian Broadcaster Accused of Hiding Sensitive Migration-Related Data

Belgian Broadcaster Accused of Hiding Sensitive Migration-Related Data

A political storm has erupted in Belgium after VRT reportedly withheld sensitive data from a major social attitudes survey.

May 20, 2026
Farmers Outraged as New Hungarian Government Opens Door to Ukrainian Grain Imports

Farmers Outraged as New Hungarian Government Opens Door to Ukrainian Grain Imports

Hungarian farmers have accused the country’s new pro-Brussels government of abandoning domestic agriculture.

May 20, 2026
EPP Immunity Case: More Political Bias in European Parliament

EPP Immunity Case: More Political Bias in European Parliament

Mainstream political groups are protecting one of their own from prosecution while taking a far tougher line against conservative and right-wing lawmakers.

May 18, 2026
“Christian Bastards”: Is the Modena Attacker More Than Just a Mentally Ill Man?

“Christian Bastards”: Is the Modena Attacker More Than Just a Mentally Ill Man?

Italian authorities say there is no evidence of organised terrorism behind the Modena car-ramming attack, but ministers warn that mental illness alone cannot explain the assault.

May 18, 2026
AfD MP Meets Pope Leo After Party Excluded From German Catholic Event

AfD MP Meets Pope Leo After Party Excluded From German Catholic Event

As the AfD reaches record polling numbers in Germany, the party’s exclusion from major public events is becoming harder to justify.

May 18, 2026