Questions tagged [hungary]
Questions relating to the government or politics of Hungary.
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Can a country refuse to deliver a person accused of attempted murder?
In 2023 in Hungary, masked antifa members injured participants of a right-wing demonstration, some of them seriously. The attack happened with metal rods, rubber mallets and pepper spray.
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Does Hungary have anything to gain from defending Israel's actions in Gaza?
But despite Berlin joining the likes of France, Spain, Ireland and
Belgium, which have strongly pushed for measures against violent
Israeli extremist settlers in the West Bank, the EU is stuck. The
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Why is it a violation of ECHR to have someone shackled in court?
In a recent case of outrage in Italy against Hungary:
Andras Kadar of the Helsinki Committee told the BBC that although Hungarian prison authorities "routinely use physical restraints when ...
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Was anything done against Hungary to make it stop importing Russian oil?
Even amongst Western allies of Ukraine, Keatinge suggests sanctions
lack “consistency”, with some countries buying petroleum products more
actively than others, plus a few Russian banks can still use ...
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What are Hungary PM Orban's stated reasons why letting in Ukraine would not be in the EU's interest?
The last few weeks have seen articles on the dislike Hungary's Orban has for Ukraine joining the EU. For example, straight from the horse's mouth:
Starting accession negotiations with #Ukraine is a ...
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Is there a more exact quote/translation of what Orban said recently about aid to Ukraine?
RFERL has it as
Speaking in Brussels on the sidelines of the EU summit where discussion was focused on support for Ukraine, Orban said there was a “big battle” over the matter and added that he saw ...
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Where does Hungary stand in EU politics?
From the last two years, it seems Orban is navigating closer and closer to Russia, and Hungary's relations with the EU are strained, to say the least.
It seems there is a disagreement in many areas, ...
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Is Robert Fico on better personal terms with Viktor Orbán than other Slovak political leaders are?
Besides seeing the war in Ukraine in the same way [i.e. the West's fault and not wanting to support Ukraine with arms], what else unites Robert Fico and Viktor Orbán? Are the two on better personal ...
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Can the NATO Command sue for the nullification of the treaty of accession of Hungary for non-compliance on the 2% contribution requirement?
Mr. Orban, Hungary's political leader, seems to be trying to use Hungary's membership in NATO by threatening to vote to not approve Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to the alliance unless it gets ...
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Hungary — What’s the rationale behind voting about not voting about Sweden’s and Finland’s NATO accession? [closed]
Today, the quasi opposition motioned the formal legislation to vote on a formal bill introduced outlining the ratification of Hungary’s sister states in the EU, Finland and Sweden to NATO. (This bill ...
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Was anyone in Orbán's circle reported w/ clear & convincing evidence to have engaged in compelling adverse interest w/ the anecdotal "carrot & stick"?
Has there been any cases where, say, a video recording or audio recording stood as manifest proof of anyone within Fidesz, people with close ties thereto, NER or his family to have offered the stick ...
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How many times, and for how long has Orban had his legislation give him power to rule by decree since 2010?
I am looking for an answer with reliable sources to the specific dates between which such matters occurred.
I'm sure the best source would be digging up the Hungarian quasi-legislations minutes, but I ...
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Is there any good source of Hungary's legislative statistics?
Specifically, I am interested in figuring out the following pieces of information:
How many times have the parliament voted on legislative acts since the Orban government since 2010;
How many acts ...
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Why can't Hungary import oil from somewhere other than Russia without "ruin[ing] the Hungarian economy"?
Hungary is opposing a EU proposal to cut Russian oil imports by the end of this year. Their government said that doing so would "ruin the Hungarian economy". I see that they import some 60% ...
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Why are PiS and Fidesz split over Russia (and Ukraine)?
Apparently formalizing an (EP) alliance between Poland's ruling party PiS and Hungary's ruling part Fidesz, despite numerous ideological similarities, might be held back by differences over Russia and ...