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Péter Magyar’s Brussels Illusion: The Victory That Brings No Money Home

Virag Gulyas May 30, 2026

Until Magyar transparently shares what he has committed to, this announcement is just another episode in the extended negotiations between Hungarian leaders and Brussels.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Moscow on May 9, 2026

European Parliament Steps Up Pressure on Slovakia Over Rule-of-Law Concerns

TEC News May 20, 2026

MEPs urged the Commission to assess whether Slovakia faces a “clear risk of a serious breach” of EU values and to use all enforcement tools.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar (L) and Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk shake hands at the end of a joint press conference at the garden of the Polish Prime Minister's residency in Warsaw, Poland, on May 20, 2026.

EU Favorites Magyar and Tusk Meet in Warsaw To Strengthen Ties

Zolta Győri May 20, 2026

The Hungarian prime minister unironically said Hungary can learn from Poland on how the rule of law can be restored in a country.

Demonstrators hold a banner reading “Defending Ourselves From Further Migration, Stabbings, Rape and Occupation” during protest in Montenegro's capital Podgorica on October 28, 2025, following the stabbing of a Montenegro national.

Montenegrin Court Rules Against Former Anti-Corruption Agency Leadership

TEC News May 6, 2026

Montenegro’s former anti-corruption chief was sentenced to more than two-years in prison for abuse of office and document forgery.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomes Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar in Brussels on April 29, 2026.

Magyar Begins Brussels Negotiation To Enter von der Leyen Club

Javier Villamor April 30, 2026

The new Hungarian prime minister is racing against both the clock and opposition from his own voters to meet conditions tied to rule of law reforms, Ukraine, and migration policy.

The voting session of the EP Plenary session in Strasbourg on April 29, 2026

EU Parliament Majority Insists on Stripping Patriots of Funding Without Evidence of Wrongdoing

Tamás Orbán April 29, 2026

A resolution adopted in the plenary calls for taking “all necessary measures” even before the investigation concludes, as the financial “witch hunt” against the Patriots group intensifies.

Péter Magyar leaves after a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, on April 20, 2026.

Magyar Promises Change … And Brussels Responds Before Seeing Any Results

Javier Villamor April 27, 2026

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

EPP head Manfred Weber at the European People's Party Political Assembly in Vilnius, Lithuania in October 2025

Brussels’ Double Standards Exposed as It Prepares To Drop Hungary Case

Zoltán Kottász April 23, 2026

Manfred Weber says the EU could end its Article 7 procedure against Hungary, citing the “commitment” of the incoming government to “European values.”

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos talks to journalists ahead of a EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on January 29, 2026.

EU Considers Withholding Funds From Serbia Over ‘Rule-of-Law Violations’

Michael Curzon April 21, 2026

Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos says they are “increasingly worried” about what is happening in the country that continues to seek EU membership.

“Stop AfD at Any Cost”: Rule of Law Takes a Back Seat in Germany

Michael Curzon April 16, 2026

Critics note that the elite’s actions “will come back to haunt them.”

Tag: rule of law

Péter Magyar’s Brussels Illusion: The Victory That Brings No Money Home

European Parliament Steps Up Pressure on Slovakia Over Rule-of-Law Concerns

EU Favorites Magyar and Tusk Meet in Warsaw To Strengthen Ties

Montenegrin Court Rules Against Former Anti-Corruption Agency Leadership

Magyar Begins Brussels Negotiation To Enter von der Leyen Club

EU Parliament Majority Insists on Stripping Patriots of Funding Without Evidence of Wrongdoing

Magyar Promises Change … And Brussels Responds Before Seeing Any Results

Brussels’ Double Standards Exposed as It Prepares To Drop Hungary Case

EU Considers Withholding Funds From Serbia Over ‘Rule-of-Law Violations’

“Stop AfD at Any Cost”: Rule of Law Takes a Back Seat in Germany

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