Without reforms in place, the EU is already easing pressure as the new Hungarian leadership sets a contradictory agenda.

There is at least a 90% chance that the common currency will squander all economic progress the country made under Fidesz.

A people permitted to vote, but not truly to decide, will not indefinitely remain loyal to an order that denies the force of its own consent.

Socialists and conservatives differ on what to do about population decline. But that does not liberate them from taking political ownership of the problem.

As political dynamics shift in Budapest, partners across the Western Balkans are reassessing long-standing ties and preparing for a period of adjustment.

Today, the majority of Britons know in their hearts, though they dare not say aloud, that Enoch was right.

The large number of candidates standing in the 2027 elections makes the outcome highly uncertain.

The groundwork for the current economic standstill was laid already in Maastricht in 1992.

The Hungarian economy cannot afford to be forced into a one-size-fits-all monetary policy.

The question is no longer whether migration should be embraced or rejected in the abstract. The question is which forms of migration a state considers legitimate, under what conditions, and for what purpose.

A silent, threatening fragmentation of the Catholic Church would be more difficult to correct than an open schism.

A new report points to signs of looming credit problems for the EU’s deeply indebted governments. Ignoring these signs is not an option.