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C dans l'air l'invité du 9 juin 2025 avec Marc Lazar, historien et sociologue, professeur émérite à Sciences Po, et à l'université Luiss de Rome. Un an après les élections européennes, et deux ans avant la présidentielle, Marine Le Pen et Jordan Bardella s'affichent ensemble lundi dans le Loiret lors d'un meeting avec plusieurs de leurs partenaires européens. L'événement a été baptisé "La fête de la victoire": celle remportée ce 9 juin 2024, il y a un an jour pour jour, par le Rassemblement national lorsque sa liste est arrivée en tête du scrutin européen en recueillant 31,37 % des suffrages, à l'époque le meilleur score de l'histoire du parti d'extrême droite lors d'un premier tour.Sont présents le vice-président du Conseil des ministres italien Matteo Salvini, le leader du parti espagnol Vox Santiago Abascal, ainsi que le Premier ministre hongrois Viktor Orban, qui s'est déjà fendu dimanche sur Facebook d'un message évoquant Montargis, théâtre de violences urbaines il y a deux ans et selon lui "un exemple à petite échelle de ce (...) qui se passe lorsque les patriotes perdent le contrôle".L'anniversaire des Européennes du 9 juin coïncide également avec celui de la dissolution. Le RN a depuis fait élire 120 députés. Un an après, Jordan Bardella a changé de statut, à présent candidat possible à la présidentielle si l'inéligibilité de Marine Le Pen devait être confirmée par la Cour d'appel à l'été 2026.Marc Lazar, historien et sociologue, professeur émérite à Sciences Po, et à l'université Luiss de Rome, reviendra avec nous sur cette "Fête de la victoire", organisée dans le Loiret. Quelle est la tendance en Europe concernant les partis populistes, notamment après l'élection du président Karol Nawrocki en Pologne ? Quels sont les points communs entre Marine Le Pen et d'autres leaders européens, notamment Viktor Orban ? Aussi, quelles sont leurs différences, et leurs relations avec le président américain Donald Trump ?

Pride ska stoppas med hjälp av en ny lag i Ungern, något som har resulterat i omfattande kritik. Men vad är EU:s absoluta topp redo att göra i frågan? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Ungern har infört ändringar i grundlagen som på olika sätt påverkar rättigheterna för landets HBTQI-personer. Bland annat handlar det om en lag som förbjuder avbildning eller främjande av homosexualitet till minderåriga, något som i sin tur resulterat i att Pride har förbjudits. Landets regering säger också att man ska använda ansiktsigenkänning för att identifiera och bötfälla deltagare. Det här har lett till högljudda protester bland både Europaparlamentariker och kommissionärer. Men hur kraftfulla är egentligen repressalierna från EU:s toppskikt? Sätter verkligen EU ner foten på allvar när Ungern gör inskränkningar på mänskliga rättigheter?Medverkande: Filip Kostambuikidis, utrikesreporter på Ekot. Andreas Liljeheden, Brysselkorrespondent. Sara Svensson, statsvetare med fokus på Ungern.Programledare: Parisa Höglund.Producent: Mattias Dellert

Une partie de l'extrême-droite européenne était rassemblée ce lundi dans le Loiret (sud de Paris) à l'invitation du Rassemblement national. Aux côtés de Marine Le Pen et Jordan Bardella se trouvaient également le Premier ministre hongrois Viktor Orban ou encore le vice-président du Conseil des ministres italien Matteo Salvini. Objectif affiché : montrer l'union entre les droites populistes européennes après plusieurs scrutins qui ont vu se poursuivre leur montée en puissance.Les raisons du vote populiste sont-elles les mêmes selon les pays d'Europe ? De futures victoires en Europe de l'ouest sont-elles inéluctables ? Qu'est-ce qui pourrait endiguer cette vague ? Beatrice Giblin, géographe, professeure émérite à l'Institut Français de Géopolitique Université Paris 8, et directrice de la revue de géographie et de géopolitique Hérodote  Tristan Guerra, responsable de la recherche pour le Think tank Destin Commun, politologue, spécialiste des comportements électoraux, de l'opinion et la polarisation politique en Europe  Lukas Macek, politiste, chercheur et chef du centre Grande Europe de l'institut Jacques Delors 

We are in an age of authoritarian democracy, and Turkey and its leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan is its paradigm. Erdogan has been in power more than 2 decades and created the template men like Victor Orban and Bibi Netanyahu have been followingin using democracy's tools to become authoritarian leaders. And now there's Donald Trump. Veteran journalist Andrew Finkel who has been reporting from the country for decades explains the process. You can hear parallels to what is unfolding in the US. Give us 39:30 to explain.

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Naționalist-conservatorul Karol Nawrocki a câștigat alegerile prezidențiale din Polonia. Cu ce consecințe pentru Europa? - se întreabă comentatorii. ”Boxerul câștigă în turul al doilea – o catastrofă din perspectiva guvernului liberal al lui Donald Tusk”, scrie Der Spiegel, făcând referire la sportul practicat în tinerețe de Nawrocki.”În Polonia, victoria la limită a lui Karol Nawrocki subminează eforturile lui Donald Tusk de a consolida Europa”, titrează Le Monde.”Eforturile diplomatice ale Poloniei de a consolida Europa în fața retragerii SUA și de a sprijini Ucraina vor avea probabil de suferit”.Și ziarul belgian De Standaard consideră că rezultatul aduce o presiune puternică asupra poziției pro-europene a prim-ministrului Tusk.”Încă de când a preluat mandatul, la sfârșitul anului 2023, Tusk a căutat legături mai strânse cu Franța, Germania și Regatul Unit. Probabilitatea este mare ca, sub conducerea lui Nawrocki, confruntările cu Europa să devină tot mai frecvente în următorii ani.”The Independent observă că ”spre deosebire de alți eurosceptici din Europa Centrală, precum premierul slovac Robert Fico sau Viktor Orban al Ungariei, Nawrocki susține acordarea de ajutor militar pentru Ucraina.Însă a declarat că, dacă va fi ales, se va opune aderării Ucrainei la alianțele occidentale, o poziție care încearcă să se contopească cu scăderea sprijinului pentru ucraineni în rândul polonezilor”.Politico scrie că ”rezultatul strâns al alegerilor arată diviziunile politice profunde din Polonia - între orașele mari, mai liberale și orașele și satele mai mici și conservatoare, între cei care susțin UE și cei care favorizează naționalismul și între liberali și oamenii care respectă valorile tradiționale și un rol important pentru Biserica Romano-Catolică”.*Un alt subiect de interes în presa internațională: care vor fi consecințele spectaculoasei acțiuni a Ucrainei pe teritoriul Rusiei? ”Atacul scoate la iveală vulnerabilitatea lui Putin”, transmite NBC News.Expertul consultat de rețeaua de televiziune crede că „ne putem aștepta la mult zgomot și furie din partea Moscovei. Aceasta va depune eforturi mari pentru a convinge Statele Unite să încerce să țină Ucraina în frâu.Într-un fel, întrebarea mai importantă este cum reacționează Statele Unite și cât de dornice sunt să ia partea Moscovei și să constrângă Ucraina”, a spus expertul.La Repubblica se teme de un contraatac nuclear:„Filmările care circulă pe rețelele de socializare sunt cea mai profundă rană adusă imaginii de om puternic pe care Vladimir Putin și-a construit autoritatea. Acum toată lumea este îngrijorată de reacția sa. Conform regulilor Moscovei, acest atac asupra bazelor strategice este suficient pentru a declanșa autorizarea unui răspuns nuclear împotriva Ucrainei.”Și, după cum analizează BBC, ”bombardierele strategice lovite de Ucraina nu sunt doar instrumente de război, ci sunt simboluri ale puterii nucleare și ale invulnerabilității strategice a Rusiei.De decenii, Moscova trimite astfel de bombardiere în misiuni în întreaga lume pentru a proiecta o imagine a unei superputeri nucleare de neatins.Acum, această imagine a fost grav afectată”.

William Cavanaugh describes to Brad and Paul how the state came to dominate the Church, using Chile as a case study, and drawing links between Pinochet and Trump in the outworking of fascism through Christian nationalism in the US and in models such as Victor Orbán in Hungary. (Register now for the course Colossians and Christology which will run from June 3rd to July 29th https://pbi.forgingploughshares.org/offerings) If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Become a Patron!

Puterea și opoziția folosesc războiul de spionaj dintre Ucraina și Ungaria în interes propriu, scriu jurnaliștii maghiari. După ce ministrul apărării de la Budapesta a fost înregistrat vorbind despre renunțarea la pacifism și îndreptarea spre război, Ucraina a spus că a arestat spioni ai armatei maghiare. Aceștia strângeau informații, susține Kievul, pentru o posibilă invadare a regiunii Transcarpatia. Partidul de opoziție maghiar Tisza acuză guvernul Orban că vrea să înceapă o invazie, în timp ce Fidesz spune că opoziția și Ucraina complotează să-l dea jos de la putere pe premier. Războiul de spionaj dintre Ucraina și Ungaria este o sabie cu două tăișuri pentru câștig politic, titrează, telex.hu.„Guvernul vrea să conducă Ungaria la război, iar partidul Tisza vrea să-l răstoarne pe Viktor Orbán în colaborare cu serviciile secrete ucrainene. Pe baza evenimentelor din ultimele zile, aceste două narațiuni concurente ies la iveală din comunicarea politică dintre Fidesz și adversarul său Tisza, deși este prea devreme să spunem care actor politic va fi mai iritat de rezultatul final al jocurilor de spionaj dintre Ungaria și Ucraina.La începutul lunii trecute,  liderul partidului Tisza, Péter Magyar, a publicat o înregistrare audio în care ministrul apărării declara că guvernul a decis să rupă cu mentalitatea pacifistă anterioară și să treacă la „faza zero a drumului spre război”.Fidesz a încercat să prezinte remarcile ministrului ca pe o chestiune banală, susținând că nu este nimic nou în ele, scriu jurnaliștii.  Dar a doua zi, un eveniment a dat un nou impuls problemei: Ucraina a anunțat capturarea unor spioni care lucrau pentru serviciile secrete militare maghiare. Potrivit Kievului, aceștia colectaseră și date care sugerau că guvernul maghiar ar putea plănui o invazie militară a regiunii Transcarpatia.Fidesz a dat rapid vina pe partidul Tisza pentru afacerea de spionaj.Până în prezent, nu există dovezi credibile care să susțină afirmația ucrainenilor (că guvernul maghiar plănuise să trimită trupe în Transcarpatia) sau a afirmației guvernului maghiar (că partidul Tisza și serviciile secrete ucrainene complotează împreună. În același timp, este în interesul ambelor partide să răspândească această poveste, departe de a fi clară, în propriile scopuri politice, conchide publicația maghiară.În ciuda condamnărilor internaționale, Ungaria avansează cu Legea privind transparența în viața publicăPartidul politic Fidesz dorește să înăsprească și mai mult legea privind transparența în viața publică din Ungaria, citim în index.hu. Prim-ministrul Viktor Orbán a descris proiectul anterior drept o „curățenie de primăvară”. Mai multe instituții europene au cerut deja autorităților maghiare să nu voteze această lege care va îngrădi dreptul la liberă exprimare și va face aproape imposibilă funcționarea ONG-urilor.Membrii partidului de guvernământ din Ungaria au mers înainte și au depus amendamentele la proiectul de lege la Comisia pentru Afaceri Juridice a Adunării Naționale.Conform textului, legea își propune să stabilească o listă de organizații finanțate din străinătate considerate a amenința suveranitatea Ungariei. Odată incluse în acest registru, aceste organizații nu vor mai putea primi finanțare străină fără autorizație, nu vor mai fi eligibile pentru scutiri de impozit pe venit, iar liderii lor vor trebui să furnizeze o declarație de avere, rămânând în același timp considerați personalități publice de rang înalt.Exercițiu NATO în Slovacia. Forțe georgiene au participat ca observatori„Forțele Armate ale Republicii Slovace trebuie să fie dotate cu cea mai modernă tehnologie disponibilă,” a declarat președintele Peter Pellegrini cu ocazia exercițiului militar internațional sub comandă NATO,  Slovak Shield 2025, care a avut loc în luna mai.„Șeful statului a lăudat buna desfășurare a exercițiului și nivelul ridicat de profesionalism al organizării acestuia, relatează spravy.pravda.sk. „Peste o mie de membri ai Forțelor Armate Slovace și unități militare din Republica Cehă, Ungaria, Polonia, Garda Națională sin Indiana (SUA), membri ai brigăzii multinaționale care operează pe teritoriul nostru și observatori din Georgia participă la exercițiu”, a declarat serviciul de presă al Oficiului Președintelui Republicii Slovace.Exercițiul a verificat utilizarea procedurilor și tehnologiilor nou introduse în cadrul Forțelor Armate Slovace, cu scopul de a le integra eficient în practică. „Vedem că experiența conflictului armat din Ucraina schimbă fundamental modul în care gândim și concepem conflictele viitoare. Trebuie să ne adaptăm și să ne pregătim forțele armate în consecință”, a spus Peter Pellegrini. Au participat la Revista Presei, Europa Plus:Kevin KOVÁCS, UngariaAnna Réka, RÁFI, UngariaDominika ZVARIKOVÁ, Slovacia

On connaissait le fameux « À jamais les premiers » de l'Olympique de Marseille… Le Parisien Dimanche rétorque ce matin d'un « À jamais les meilleurs » après la victoire sans conteste et sans pitié du Paris Saint-Germain hier en finale de la Ligue des Champions. 5-0 face à l'Inter Milan, véritable « démonstration » de force qui, écrit La Tribune Dimanche, « se hisse parmi les moments majeurs de l'histoire du sport tricolore ». Face à une équipe aussi jeune que talentueuse, les Milanais « faisaient leur âge (30 ans de moyenne sur le terrain) » plutôt que de « faire étalage de leur expérience » écrit l'hebdo un brin cruellement. Un club quasi-invisible pendant tout le match, qui a légitimé une bonne fois pour toutes « le nouveau projet » du PSG, sans Messi, sans Neymar, sans Mbappé, bref « plus jeune » et « plus français ». Un joueur a brillé Un joueur particulièrement Doué, vous me passerez le jeu de mots de piètre qualité… Désiré Doué donc, que Le Parisien Dimanche porte aux nues. Le titre, fasciné par ce « phénomène de 19 ans », auteur hier d'un doublé et d'une passe décisive. « Bien avant le coup de sifflet final, se délecte l'hebdo, il ne faisait de doute pour personne au cœur du peuple parisien que Désiré Doué n'a jamais mieux porté, mieux honoré » son patronyme. « À trois jours de son anniversaire, le vingtième, poursuit Le Parisien Dimanche, l'attaquant s'est offert le cadeau dont rêvent tous les footballeurs de la planète (…) : celui de (…) devenir l'idole de tout un club pour l'éternité ». Un exploit qui relègue le reste au second plan Notamment la présidentielle. Il faut dire que pour les votants, c'est encore dans deux ans… alors que pour les politiques, ce n'est que dans deux ans ! Candidats assumés ou présidentiables imaginés, une partie des revues s'y penche cette semaine… Parmi eux, Le Point, dont la une est consacrée à l'ancien Premier ministre Edouard Philippe. À l'occasion de la sortie de son dernier ouvrage, Le Prix de nos mensonges, celui qui fourbit ses armes depuis 2020 développe ses idées. À commencer par ce « déni français » dont souffrirait la population dans son ensemble. « Notre exceptionnelle aptitude à nous raconter des histoires m'agace » maugrée-t-il dans les colonnes du Point, jugeant que « si nous voulons avancer, nous devons arrêter de nous mentir ». Autre thème sur lequel il rejette toute discussion : « le culte de la transparence » à bannir selon lui, et « la verticalité » qu'il appelle de ses vœux car « dans une démocratie, on a besoin de gens qui sont élus, et on a besoin de chefs qui prennent des décisions ». Sur le reste, l'art de la nuance Il faut dire, comme l'analyse un politologue dans les colonnes du Point toujours, que « pour redevenir majoritaire, la droite devra faire le grand écart » c'est-à-dire à la fois « reconquérir les électeurs du Rassemblement national et convaincre les ralliés au macronisme ». Une forme de « en même temps » 2.0 dont Edouard Philippe refuse d'être l'héritier : « mon objectif n'est pas de me positionner par rapport à une étiquette, (...) à un parti, (...) à un créneau » assène-t-il. Malgré tout, Edouard Philippe prend soin de nuancer, notamment sur les questions identitaires et migratoires. « Je ne crois pas, dit-il, que la fermeté se démontre par des postures et des surenchères permanentes sur les chaînes d'info »; « il serait dangereux, affirme-t-il enfin, de créer un droit spécifique - il faut ici comprendre "droit" au sens de "loi" - pour une religion, et je ne crois pas que la laïcité impose la négation totale de la liberté religieuse dans l'espace public ». Une rupture avec les autres cadors de la droite française Et particulièrement avec Bruno Retailleau, le très droitier ministre de l'Intérieur. À son sujet, Edouard Philippe s'accorde une pique : il n'est « pas sûr » ironise-t-il, que Bruno Retailleau y verrait  « une critique » si on le rangeait dans la « droite Trocadéro », une droite embourgeoisée, catholique, et vieille-France.Droite Trocadéro on ne sait pas, droite à gogo c'est certain pour Marianne, qui n'hésite pas à qualifier le ministre de « moine-soldat de la droite » qui a « souvent croisé la route d'élus de l'extrême-droite, sans leur tourner le dos ». Va-t-il pour autant « réaliser l'union en 2027 ? » … Marianne s'interroge. Le titre pointe que « Retailleau bénéficie des faveurs de la presse de droite et d'extrême-droite » à la télé ou sur papier, où il « déroule ses saillies anti-immigration, multiplie les annonces chocs (…), et affiche une grande fermeté à l'encontre de l'Algérie ».   Le ministre de l'Intérieur le dit d'ailleurs lui-même : interrogé sur sa proximité, ou ses différences, avec le Rassemblement national, il le concède : ce qui le « distingue » de Marine le Pen ou Jordan Bardella, c'est « le programme économique » … pas un mot en revanche sur d'éventuelles divergences idéologiques. Un mot aussi de la situation internationale Que ce soit dans L'Express ou dans Le Point, une préoccupation : les liens entre l'Europe et Donald Trump. Dans le second, on parle plutôt défense et armement; dans le premier, c'est surtout de politique qu'il est question. L'Express fait ainsi le constat d'un trumpisme devenu une « franchise » voire un « label » qui « galvanise les politiques » propulsant les Giorgia Meloni et Viktor Orban de ce monde au sommet grâce à une « boîte à outils » dans laquelle « ils peuvent piocher à l'envi des "punchlines" » comme autant de coups gagnants.Le phénomène n'est en réalité pas nouveau, analyse L'Express, le trumpisme n'a fait que donner un coup d'accélérateur à une idéologie « enracin[é]e dans une colère profonde ». Car il ne faut pas sous-estimer le poids des émotions dans le contexte actuel, souligne de son côté L'Obs. Interrogée par le magazine, la sociologue franco-israélienne Eva Illouz estime ainsi que « le désenchantement et la peur sont devenus le spectre permanent de la démocratie » et que l'extrême droite « capte et organise cette émotionnalité excédentaire ». Auparavant, l'espoir était selon elle l'émotion principale, mais voilà : « la modernité tardive (…) [a] écrasé cette espérance dans le futur ». Faut-il pour autant se lamenter de toute cette colère ? Pas forcément nuance L'Obs… « les émotions fortes permettent d'évaluer ce qui est important pour soi » mais elles sont aussi une « brèche » pour peut-être, enfin, sortir de « la sur-socialisation, le fait de s'identifier totalement à un rôle ». De là à rêver au retour de l'espoir, il n'y a qu'un pas. 

President Donald Trump continues to get a reality check from the judicial branch. Three major rulings this week halted tariffs, his attack on law firms, and the crackdown on Harvard University, but will he listen? Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joins The Weekend to discuss. Plus, Harvard's bold message to the administration during its commencement ceremony.

Viktor Orban lights it up at CPAC Hungary today, May 30, 2025. I'm just now realizing that the Conservative Political Action Conference had assembled a Who's Who of the patriot

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Donald Trump is putting liberal democracy through its greatest test in 80 years.  None of it is original. His style of rule is straight from the democratic backsliders' playbook. To secure long-term power rather than short-term office, rulers must take over the institutions that check and balance majority rule and bend them to their will. Trump has tamed Congress and inserted his people into the Supreme Court, law enforcement, intelligence, and competition regulation but - to his great frustration - the Federal Reserve is holding out. It was the same story in Hungary after Viktor Orbán returned to the premiership in 2010. Bound by EU law and the mandates of the governor and his deputies, Orbán had to wait three years to break the national bank. One of those deputy governors, Júlia Király, experienced state capture from the inside and resigned with a public protest at the loss of institutional independence. Now an associate professor of finance and monetary economics at the International Business School in Budapest, she began her career under socialism at the statistics and planning offices. As deputy governor, she was part of the team that managed the Hungarian economy through the post-2007 financial crisis – an experience she chronicles in Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm: From Minor Turbulences to a Global Hurricane (Springer, 2020). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes and podcasts at www.242.news on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

In de coalitie was het tijd voor zelfanalyse. Door Geert Wilders, door Pieter Omtzigt en dus door alle coalitiepartners. Dat leidde tot tranen en bekentenissen van politiek onvermogen. Maar het belangrijkste verwijt was steeds dat anderen de schuld dragen. En het geduld, dat is op!Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger bespreken alle factoren en wat zij in de kern gemeen hebben. De combinatie van onkunde en onwil is wat stikstofbeleid, asielbeleid en NSC verenigt. Hoe gaat dat verder?***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Deze episode bevat een advertentie van Surfshark. Ga naar surfshark.com/betrouwbarebronnen en gebruik de code BETROUWBAREBRONNEN voor vier extra maanden.En je hoort ook een advertentie van Lendahand.com - gebruik de code betrouwbarebronnen500 bij je eerste investering (geldig t/m 31 augustus 2025)Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact.Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst plus linkjes en een overzicht van al onze eerdere afleveringen vind je hier***Het stikstofdossier is al decennia oud - de legendarische Fons van der Stee worstelde er begin jaren '70 al mee! Ondanks de nog recente inzet van Johan Remkes lukt het Schoofs kabinet niet het probleem aan te pakken. BBB poogde eerder al de verantwoordelijkheid in de schoenen van 'Brussel' te schuiven, maar toenmalig Eurocommissaris Frans Timmermans zette Caroline van der Plas handig klem. Daarna hebben we niets meer gehoord over de aangekondigde BBB-stikstofwet samen met JA21. Het probleem bleef levensgroot aanwezig. Daarom werd iemand anders eigenaar gemaakt van dit hoofdpijndossier: Dick Schoof.Behendig heeft Van der Plas de premier en zo'n beetje het halve kabinet coproducent gemaakt van het onvermogen van haar Landbouwminister minister Femke Wiersma. Resultaten blijven uit en de schuld wijd gespreid. Slachtoffer daarvan is overigens de politieke reputatie van vicepremier Mona Keijzer – óók BBB. De premier erkende in de Kamer dat hij geen idee had gehad hoe complex dit vraagstuk was. Daarmee toonde hij onbedoeld dat zijn vermogen tot teambuilding zeer beperkt is. Het stikstofdossier verlamt zo niet alleen de natuur, woningbouw, infra, defensie en agrarisch beleid, maar ook het kabinet zelf. Hoe krijgt gastheer Schoof op de NAVO-top uitgelegd dat Nederland de noodzakelijke defensie-infrastructuur niet kan realiseren?PVV-leider Geert Wilders had zijn beleid geëvalueerd en concludeerde dat alles over moest. Zijn nieuwe tienpuntenplan is de erkenning van een bankroet. Wilders maakte zichzelf verwijten, maar ook Schoof als Rutte-kloon, de VVD en vooral NSC. Niet zijn PVV-minister Marjolein Faber.Opvallend is hoe de PVV haar eisen legitimeert met een beroep op juist het Europees Verdrag dat Wilders al in 2005 virulent bestreed. Het feit dat bondskanselier Friedrich Merz bereikt wat de PVV niet lukt, zou bewijzen dat het wel kan. PG Kroeger vermoedt iets anders: Wilders krijgt in Europa's radicaalrechtse kringen blijkbaar zélf verwijten van onvermogen en slapte omwille van het overleven van Schoofs kabinet. Hij toetert wel, maar levert ook naar het oordeel van Viktor Orbán, de AfD en Jordan Bardella niets. Zelfanalyse was er ook bij Pieter Omtzigt. Conclusie was dat hij na de zomer weer actief wordt en zelfs een internationaal congres gaat organiseren. "Regeren over je graf is best leuk." De deconfiture van NSC was ieders schuld, behalve van hemzelf. Opvolger Nicolien van Vroonhoven - bij acclamatie en zonder 'goed bestuur' procedure op het schild gehesen - zette prompt een ander thema in als kern van NSC. Een 'culture wars' betoog dat ontsproten lijkt aan het grondslagdocument van NSC uit augustus 2023.Hoe moet het nu verder in de coalitie? Heeft Schoof nog gezag na de schimpscheuten van Wilders, het negeren door Omtzigt bij zijn vaarwel en zijn eigen erkenning complexe vraagstukken te onderschatten? De leider van de grootste regeringspartij heeft vooral spijt van zijn ‘redelijkheid'; zijn begrip voor Omtzigts teer gemoed en zijn luisterend oor. Het is het verdriet van Milders dat getroost moet worden. De coalitie nu opblazen zou de erkenning zijn van de combinatie van onkunde, onwil en onvermogen die alles beheerst. Dat dringt inmiddels ook door tot de kiezers. Vooral hún geduld is op.***Verder kijkenPersconferentie Geert Wilders, 26 mei 2025NSC Congres, 24 mei 2025***Verder luisteren508 – De NAVO-top in Den Haag moet de onvoorspelbare Trump vooral niet gaan vervelen507 - Het strenge oordeel van Rekenkamerpresident Pieter Duisenberg504 - Een jaar HOOP, LEF EN TROTS501 - Den Haag zonder Omtzigt en een Voorjaarsnota zonder beleid495 - De zeven burgeroorlogen van Dick Schoof491 - De voortdurende twijfels van Nieuw Sociaal Contract474 – Parlementair historicus Joop van den Berg: “De democratie is in groot gevaar. Je moet niet denken: het loopt wel los"470 - Het kabinet bestaat niet, het is een virtuele machine456 - De zeven crises van het kabinet-Schoof452 - Wie is de baas in de coalitie?448 - Premier zonder kompas442 - Na de sportzomer van Schoof de hete herfst van Wilders438 –Het nieuwe kabinet als kleuterklas. De koning kun je niet spelen398 - Kabinetsformatie 2024: de lege stoel van Pieter Omtzigt379 - Migratie: het werkelijke verhaal364 - Een krankzinnige campagne (oa over de ideologische grondslag van NSC)340 – Caroline van der Plas ontvangt Frans Timmermans. Vijf misverstanden over Europa338 - Hoe de stikstofcrisis de energietransitie vertraagt. En: wat intussen wél met sprongen vooruitgaat337 - Een pauzeknop om te versnellen. Het bijna-einde van Rutte IV332 - De lange kleurrijke traditie van 'Boerenpartijen'288 - Wachten op Remkes. 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Ungarns Präsident Viktor Orbán verschärft seinen Kurs: Eine Verfassungsänderung soll Pride-Demonstrationen illegal machen, ein Gesetz Medien und NGOs stärker überwachen. Von drohenden EU-Maßnahmen lässt er sich nicht beeindrucken. Götzke, Manfred www.deutschlandfunk.de, Europa heute

Ungarns Präsident Viktor Orbán verschärft seinen Kurs: Eine Verfassungsänderung soll Pride-Demonstrationen illegal machen, ein Gesetz Medien und NGOs stärker überwachen. Von drohenden EU-Maßnahmen lässt er sich nicht beeindrucken. Götzke, Manfred www.deutschlandfunk.de, Europa heute

Asparagus, lesbian family rights and Viktor Orbán's latest power plays: like all good meals, this podcast episode is perfectly balanced. German food writer Ursula Heinzelmann joins us to explain the ‘Spargelzeit' phenomenon that sees foodies going nutty for asparagus at this time of year. We're also taking a look at LGBTQ rights in Italy and unpacking the Hungarian government's plans to ‘starve and strangle' civil society. Can Orbán be stopped?   You can find out more about Ursula's work on her website and follow her on Instagram here.   Thanks for listening. If you have any spare cash this week, please consider donating to Hungarian civil society groups and independent media outlets before the planned passing of the ‘starve and strangle' law in mid-June. UNITED for Intercultural Action, the NGO run by our former guest Philip Pollák, would be extremely grateful for your donations; you can also donate to any of the organisations on this list of Hungarian NGOs (get in touch if you have ideas of organisations to add to this list).   Still got some spare cash? If you enjoy our podcasts, we'd love it if you'd consider supporting our work. You can chip in to help us cover the weekly research and production of The Europeans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (many currencies are available), or gift a donation to a super fan here. We'd also love it if you could tell two friends about this podcast!   This podcast was brought to you in cooperation with Euranet Plus, the leading radio network for EU news.   This week's Inspiration Station recommendations: Rita Payés' Tiny Desk Concert and CMAT.   Other resources for this episode:   The Convention on the Rights of the Child - United Nations, November 20, 1989   Sentenza 68/2025 (Italy's constitutional court ruling on lesbian couples and IVF) - Corte Constituzionale - May 22, 2025   ‘A Threat to the Core: Why the New Hungarian Transparency Bill is an Attack on the Foundations of the European Union' - Verfassungsblog, May 21, 2025   00:46 The Europeans: Pouring asparagus straight into your ears 02:49 Good Week: Lesbian mothers in Italy 12:47 Bad Week: Hungary's 'starve and strangle' law 37:10 Interview: Ursula Heinzelmann on the magic of Spargelzeit 49:58 The Inspiration Station: Rita Payés and CMAT 54:10 Happy Ending: Portugal's clever teen media strategy Producer: Morgan Childs Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina YouTube | Bluesky | Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | hello@europeanspodcast.com

Toute l'Europe a les yeux rivés sur la Pologne, à quelques jours d'un scrutin présidentiel crucial. Deux candidats se font face, l'un soutenu par la coalition libérale au pouvoir, l'autre par le parti ultra-conservateur populiste Droit et Justice, le PiS. Mais avec un paysage électorat plus éclaté que jamais, où les différents candidats d'extrême droite ont cumulé jusqu'à 21 % des voix au premier tour, il faut s'intéresser à un troisième larron qui pourrait être le faiseur de roi. Le parti libertarien et ultranationaliste Konfederacja a recueilli les votes d'un jeune sur trois. C'est donc sur le report de voix de cette formation que tout se joue. Reportage à Varsovie d'Adrien Sarlat. La revue de presse sonore de Franceline Beretti Avec le long interview accordé en début de semaine par le nouveau chancelier allemand Friedrich Merz à une télévision publique. On a beaucoup parlé des armes à longue portée pour l'Ukraine. Mais le chef du gouvernement allemand a aussi étonné sur un autre sujet, Israël.À lire aussiAllemagne : le gouvernement du chancelier Friedrich Merz resserre la vis sur l'immigrationLa Catalogne en manque de bébés... et d'élèvesEn Espagne, le taux de fécondité est un des plus bas d'Europe depuis plusieurs années. Et la région de Catalogne ne fait pas exception. En 15 ans, la natalité a baissé de 37 %. Avec une conséquence déjà visible. 110 écoles sont menacées de fermeture à la rentrée en raison du manque d'élèves. Il devrait y avoir 90 000 élèves de moins en 2030. Reportage à Barcelone signé Elise Gazengel.Les prêts généreux du gouvernement hongrois pour relancer la natalitéEn Hongrie, la question de la natalité est devenue une priorité nationale pour le Premier ministre Viktor Orban. Pour encourager les couples hongrois à faire plus de bébés, le gouvernement met la main au portefeuille avec une politique très généreuse de prêts immobiliers. Un modèle dont voudrait d'ailleurs s'inspirer l'équipe de Donald Trump. À Budapest, Florence Labruyère.

Toute l'Europe a les yeux rivés sur la Pologne, à quelques jours d'un scrutin présidentiel crucial. Deux candidats se font face, l'un soutenu par la coalition libérale au pouvoir, l'autre par le parti ultra-conservateur populiste Droit et Justice, le PiS. Mais avec un paysage électorat plus éclaté que jamais, où les différents candidats d'extrême droite ont cumulé jusqu'à 21 % des voix au premier tour, il faut s'intéresser à un troisième larron qui pourrait être le faiseur de roi. Le parti libertarien et ultranationaliste Konfederacja a recueilli les votes d'un jeune sur trois. C'est donc sur le report de voix de cette formation que tout se joue. Reportage à Varsovie d'Adrien Sarlat. La revue de presse sonore de Franceline Beretti Avec le long interview accordé en début de semaine par le nouveau chancelier allemand Friedrich Merz à une télévision publique. On a beaucoup parlé des armes à longue portée pour l'Ukraine. Mais le chef du gouvernement allemand a aussi étonné sur un autre sujet, Israël.À lire aussiAllemagne : le gouvernement du chancelier Friedrich Merz resserre la vis sur l'immigrationLa Catalogne en manque de bébés... et d'élèvesEn Espagne, le taux de fécondité est un des plus bas d'Europe depuis plusieurs années. Et la région de Catalogne ne fait pas exception. En 15 ans, la natalité a baissé de 37 %. Avec une conséquence déjà visible. 110 écoles sont menacées de fermeture à la rentrée en raison du manque d'élèves. Il devrait y avoir 90 000 élèves de moins en 2030. Reportage à Barcelone signé Elise Gazengel.Les prêts généreux du gouvernement hongrois pour relancer la natalitéEn Hongrie, la question de la natalité est devenue une priorité nationale pour le Premier ministre Viktor Orban. Pour encourager les couples hongrois à faire plus de bébés, le gouvernement met la main au portefeuille avec une politique très généreuse de prêts immobiliers. Un modèle dont voudrait d'ailleurs s'inspirer l'équipe de Donald Trump. À Budapest, Florence Labruyère.

Prudce se zhoršily vztahy Maďarska a Ukrajiny. Nejde ale už jen o to, že Viktor Orbán odmítá posílat na Ukrajinu zbraně a že brání jednání o přijetí Ukrajiny do Evropské unie. Nejde jen o to, že čtyři roky po ruské okupaci Krymu nechal tajně rozdávat maďarské pasy lidem v Zakarpatí. Teď se mezi oběma zeměmi vede válka špiónů.

Začala letní ruská ofenziva na Ukrajině? Měli by mladí lidé volit v Česku už od 17 let? Jaké auto by chtěl každý? Proč politici nechtějí kádrovat? Čím teď ohrožuje Evropskou unii maďarský premiér Viktor Orbán? A jak je možné, že rodina Donalda Trumpa neustále bohatne? Středečními Názory a argumenty provází Jan Fingerland.

Viktor Orbán, Hungary's Prime Minister, has a big problem.After dominating Hungary for the past 15 years, unchallenged, unbothered, and admired by populists everywhere, polls now show that he's losing to a new opponent, with elections less than a year away.And it looks like his challenger found a strategy that - if successful - many European politicians might be tempted to try as well.

Začala letní ruská ofenziva na Ukrajině? Měli by mladí lidé volit v Česku už od 17 let? Jaké auto by chtěl každý? Proč politici nechtějí kádrovat? Čím teď ohrožuje Evropskou unii maďarský premiér Viktor Orbán? A jak je možné, že rodina Donalda Trumpa neustále bohatne? Středečními Názory a argumenty provází Jan Fingerland.Všechny díly podcastu Názory a argumenty můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

Prudce se zhoršily vztahy Maďarska a Ukrajiny. Nejde ale už jen o to, že Viktor Orbán odmítá posílat na Ukrajinu zbraně a že brání jednání o přijetí Ukrajiny do Evropské unie. Nejde jen o to, že čtyři roky po ruské okupaci Krymu nechal tajně rozdávat maďarské pasy lidem v Zakarpatí. Teď se mezi oběma zeměmi vede válka špiónů.Všechny díly podcastu Názory a argumenty můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

Ist Identitätspolitik schuld am Aufstieg von Trump, AfD & Co.? Yascha Mounk meint, ja. Ein Podcast vom Pragmaticus. Das Thema:Im amerikanischen Original heißt das jüngste Buch von Yascha Mounk The Identity Trap, die Identitätsfalle. Dahinter steht diese These: Mitbestimmung, Teilhabe und Rechte im Namen einer Identität (als Frau, als Minderheit, als schwuler Mann oder queere Person) einzufordern, war einmal ein Akt der Befreiung, hat aber zugleich die Gesellschaft in einzelne Teile zerbrechen lassen. Jene, die sich durch die Identitätspolitik ausgegrenzt fühlen oder mit Queer nichts anfangen können, nähmen die Angebote von Trump, AfD & Co. daher gerne an.Ist der Politikwissenschaftler in Zeiten, wo Donald Trump den Krieg gegen Woke ausruft, Viktor Orban am liebesten alle NGO verbieten würde, die AfD im deutschen Bundestag eine Identitätspolitik von rechts fordert und den weißen Mann bedroht wähnt, auf dem falschen Dampfer oder geben ihm gerade diese Entwicklungen recht? Unser Gast in dieser Folge: Yascha Mounk wurde 1982 in München geboren. Er ist Politikwissenschaftler und Associate Professor für Internationale Beziehungen an der Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Er ist Autor zahlreicher Bücher, unter anderem Der Zerfall der Demokratie. Wie der Populismus den Rechtsstaat bedroht (2018), Das große Experiment. Wie Diversität die Demokratie bedroht und bereichert (2022) und Im Zeitalter der Identität: Der Aufstieg einer gefährlichen Idee (2024).Dies ist ein Podcast von Der Pragmaticus. Sie finden uns auch auf Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn und X (Twitter).

[Stefan Millius im Gespräch mit Dirk Baier, Bence Bauer und Konrad Hummler.] Worin sind die Ursachen für die Inflation von Messerangriffen in Deutschland zu suchen? Der Kriminologe Dirk Baier nennt bekannte und überraschende Faktoren. Was ist dran an den Berichten über eine ungarische Spionageaktion in der Ukraine, und welche Rolle spielen EU-Kreise und die Gegner von Viktor Orbán? Einschätzungen gibt es von Ungarn-Kenner Bence Bauer. Die USA wollen nicht mehr länger Weltpolizist und Nationenkoordinator spielen. Die Strategie dahinter hat der Ex-Bankier und Publizist Konrad Hummler in einem Essay analysiert.

Viktor Orbán is coming down hard on free speech and Romania seems to (maybe) avoid chaos after their second attempt on presidential elections. In TWISH we get into classical skepticism and have a look at the Plauen UFO incident. Then it's time for the news, with a little bit of Word of the Week:INTERNATIONAL: Overshooting 1.5°C: even temporary warming above globally agreed temperature limit could have permanent consequencesEU: Petition against conversion therapy meets threshold!INTERNATIONAL: Retraction Watch inquiry results in Elsevier removing a whole journal from ScopusGERMANY: Research identifying subgroups of homeopathy users based on their attitudes towards scienceNORWAY: Putin's billionaire funds new political partyEU: TikTok in trouble with the European Commission for not adhering to Digital Services ActIRELAND: Psychics are repeatedly insisting on ‘helping' the policeUK / INTERNATIONAL: The largest ever profiling effort of susceptibility to misinformationElon Musk gets his second Really Wrong Award after his AI machine Grok goes both racist conspiracy theorist and antisemitic last week.Enjoy!Segments:0:00:27 Intro0:00:50 Greetings0:16:07 TWISH0:24:06 News0:51:09 Word of the Week1:01:10 Really Wrong1:05:47 Quote1:07:48 Outro1:09:11 Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ungarn scheint jedes Mittel recht, um den EU-Beitritt der Ukraine zu verhindern. Budapest fährt eine klare Anti-Ukraine-Kampagne, hält ein vermeintliches Referendum ab und instrumentalisiert sogar die Festnahme mutmaßlicher ungarischer Spione in der Ukraine.Gast? Daniel Hegedüs, Regionaldirektor für Zentraleuropa beim German Marshall FundModeration? Kevin SchulteSie haben Fragen? Schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an podcasts@ntv.deSie möchten "Wieder was gelernt" unterstützen? Dann bewerten Sie den Podcast gerne bei Apple Podcasts oder Spotify.Alle Rabattcodes und Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier: https://linktr.ee/wiederwasgelerntUnsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.htmlWir verarbeiten im Zusammenhang mit dem Angebot unserer Podcasts Daten. Wenn Sie der automatischen Übermittlung der Daten widersprechen wollen, klicken Sie hier: https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.htmlUnsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

Donald Trump is putting liberal democracy through its greatest test in 80 years.  None of it is original. His style of rule is straight from the democratic backsliders' playbook. To secure long-term power rather than short-term office, rulers must take over the institutions that check and balance majority rule and bend them to their will. Trump has tamed Congress and inserted his people into the Supreme Court, law enforcement, intelligence, and competition regulation but - to his great frustration - the Federal Reserve is holding out. It was the same story in Hungary after Viktor Orbán returned to the premiership in 2010. Bound by EU law and the mandates of the governor and his deputies, Orbán had to wait three years to break the national bank. One of those deputy governors, Júlia Király, experienced state capture from the inside and resigned with a public protest at the loss of institutional independence. Now an associate professor of finance and monetary economics at the International Business School in Budapest, she began her career under socialism at the statistics and planning offices. As deputy governor, she was part of the team that managed the Hungarian economy through the post-2007 financial crisis – an experience she chronicles in Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm: From Minor Turbulences to a Global Hurricane (Springer, 2020). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes and podcasts at www.242.news on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Célia Belin of the European Council on Foreign Relations tells RFI that Donald Trump's administration is treating Europe less as a partner and more as a rival. In backing nationalist movements and undermining multilateral institutions, it is exporting a political mode of operation that risks fracturing European unity. The impact of Donald Trump's second term in the White House is being felt far beyond US borders. Observers say this ripple effect can be seen across Europe, not just in policy but in the continent's political culture itself.For Dr Célia Belin of the European Council on Foreign Relations, the stakes are nothing less than the future of European liberal democracy.In her latest ECFR report, MAGA Goes Global: Trump's Plan for Europe, Belin warns that what might appear to be chaotic decisions from the Oval Office are, in fact, part of an ideological project.“There's actually a strong direction, a clear destination,” Belin told RFI. “Trump, surrounded by loyalists and MAGA Republicans, is ready to implement his plan – to push back on liberal democracy, and to push back on Europe."According to her, he sees Europe as “an extension of his political enemies – liberals and progressives” and views its institutions as bureaucratic hurdles rather than allies in global leadership.Culture wars without bordersTrump's administration – bolstered by figures including Vice President JD Vance and media mogul Elon Musk – has also made overtures to Europe's far right.They have voiced support for Germany's far-right AfD party and France's Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally, including on Musk's social media platform X (formerly Twitter) – helping to disseminate nationalist and populist rhetoric across the continent.“We're seeing a systematic attack on the liberal model that Europe represents,” said Belin. “This ‘Trumpian wave' has fired up nationalist opposition in Europe, even if it hasn't created a united front."‘Free Le Pen': US conservatives rally behind French far-right leaderNon merci to MAGAHowever, some of the European political parties that share Trump's scepticism of liberal institutions are treading carefully when it comes to embracing his brand of politics.While leaders such as Viktor Orbán in Hungary openly welcome MAGA-style backing, others see it as a double-edged sword.Following her recent legal conviction, Le Pen received support from MAGA-aligned figures. But her party responded with conspicuous silence.“They don't want or need this Trumpian support,” Belin noted. “Their political strategy is not about aligning with MAGA America – it's more French, more sovereignist."Embracing Trump too openly could risk undermining years of effort to mainstream the National Rally's image. “Nationalists are realising that now – it brings fuel to the fire, yes, but it also complicates their own domestic positioning," said Belin.Trump's first 100 days: Revolution or destruction? The view from FranceEurope respondsFrench President Emmanuel Macron was among the first European leaders to sound the alarm on the changing nature of the US-European alliance. "I want to believe that the United States will stay by our side but we have to be prepared for that not to be the case," he said in a televised address to the nation in March.I January, in a speech to French ambassadors, he said: "Ten years ago, who could have imagined it if we had been told that the owner of one of the largest social networks in the world would support a new international reactionary movement and intervene directly in elections, including in Germany."German Chancellor Olaf Scholz followed suit, criticising Musk's decision to give the AfD a platform just weeks before Germany's federal elections.However, Belin points out that the European response is still taking shape. “It's brand new as a phenomenon,” she said. “Europeans were prepared to be challenged on trade, on security – even on Ukraine. But this cultural challenge is unprecedented.”Meloni positions herself as Europe's ‘trump card' on visit to White HouseStill, as Belin notes, Trumpism is not a winning formula everywhere. “Turning fully Trumpist would derail Marine Le Pen's strategy. It's not a winning strategy in France,” she said. “But in more insurgent political systems, it might be."And there is concern too that Trumpism could outlive Trump himself.“There's been a transformation in the perception of America's global role,” Belin said. “And that will stick around. It will be pushed by some of the nationalist parties in our countries. That is the Trumpist legacy”.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, never one to shy away from a bit of authoritarian flair, is back at it. His ruling Fidesz party has just introduced a bill that will be blacklisting and monitoring critical to his government media and NGO's. But in what ways is the government planning to use this bill?Join us on our journey through the events that shape the European continent and the European Union.Production: By Europod, in co production with Sphera Network.Follow us on:LinkedInInstagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the VIFF Podcast, programmer Alan Franey interviews American filmmaker Connie Field about her documentary feature Democracy Noir, which explores the rise of Viktor Orbán in Hungary and its global implications. The film follows three women—a journalist, a nurse, and a politician—who fight against Orbán's regime, highlighting Orbán's manipulation of democracy to maintain power, including changing the constitution to require a two-thirds parliamentary majority for amendments. Field discusses the parallels between Orbán's tactics and those of other authoritarian leaders (such as Trump) and the broader impact on global democracy. Despite its relevance, distribution challenges persist, particularly in the U.S.This episode was recorded during the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival. This podcast is brought to you by the Vancouver International Film Festival.Presented on the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) nations.

Donald Trump is putting liberal democracy through its greatest test in 80 years.  None of it is original. His style of rule is straight from the democratic backsliders' playbook. To secure long-term power rather than short-term office, rulers must take over the institutions that check and balance majority rule and bend them to their will. Trump has tamed Congress and inserted his people into the Supreme Court, law enforcement, intelligence, and competition regulation but - to his great frustration - the Federal Reserve is holding out. It was the same story in Hungary after Viktor Orbán returned to the premiership in 2010. Bound by EU law and the mandates of the governor and his deputies, Orbán had to wait three years to break the national bank. One of those deputy governors, Júlia Király, experienced state capture from the inside and resigned with a public protest at the loss of institutional independence. Now an associate professor of finance and monetary economics at the International Business School in Budapest, she began her career under socialism at the statistics and planning offices. As deputy governor, she was part of the team that managed the Hungarian economy through the post-2007 financial crisis – an experience she chronicles in Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm: From Minor Turbulences to a Global Hurricane (Springer, 2020). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes and podcasts at www.242.news on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Donald Trump is putting liberal democracy through its greatest test in 80 years.  None of it is original. His style of rule is straight from the democratic backsliders' playbook. To secure long-term power rather than short-term office, rulers must take over the institutions that check and balance majority rule and bend them to their will. Trump has tamed Congress and inserted his people into the Supreme Court, law enforcement, intelligence, and competition regulation but - to his great frustration - the Federal Reserve is holding out. It was the same story in Hungary after Viktor Orbán returned to the premiership in 2010. Bound by EU law and the mandates of the governor and his deputies, Orbán had to wait three years to break the national bank. One of those deputy governors, Júlia Király, experienced state capture from the inside and resigned with a public protest at the loss of institutional independence. Now an associate professor of finance and monetary economics at the International Business School in Budapest, she began her career under socialism at the statistics and planning offices. As deputy governor, she was part of the team that managed the Hungarian economy through the post-2007 financial crisis – an experience she chronicles in Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm: From Minor Turbulences to a Global Hurricane (Springer, 2020). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes and podcasts at www.242.news on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

Donald Trump is putting liberal democracy through its greatest test in 80 years.  None of it is original. His style of rule is straight from the democratic backsliders' playbook. To secure long-term power rather than short-term office, rulers must take over the institutions that check and balance majority rule and bend them to their will. Trump has tamed Congress and inserted his people into the Supreme Court, law enforcement, intelligence, and competition regulation but - to his great frustration - the Federal Reserve is holding out. It was the same story in Hungary after Viktor Orbán returned to the premiership in 2010. Bound by EU law and the mandates of the governor and his deputies, Orbán had to wait three years to break the national bank. One of those deputy governors, Júlia Király, experienced state capture from the inside and resigned with a public protest at the loss of institutional independence. Now an associate professor of finance and monetary economics at the International Business School in Budapest, she began her career under socialism at the statistics and planning offices. As deputy governor, she was part of the team that managed the Hungarian economy through the post-2007 financial crisis – an experience she chronicles in Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm: From Minor Turbulences to a Global Hurricane (Springer, 2020). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes and podcasts at www.242.news on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

Donald Trump is putting liberal democracy through its greatest test in 80 years.  None of it is original. His style of rule is straight from the democratic backsliders' playbook. To secure long-term power rather than short-term office, rulers must take over the institutions that check and balance majority rule and bend them to their will. Trump has tamed Congress and inserted his people into the Supreme Court, law enforcement, intelligence, and competition regulation but - to his great frustration - the Federal Reserve is holding out. It was the same story in Hungary after Viktor Orbán returned to the premiership in 2010. Bound by EU law and the mandates of the governor and his deputies, Orbán had to wait three years to break the national bank. One of those deputy governors, Júlia Király, experienced state capture from the inside and resigned with a public protest at the loss of institutional independence. Now an associate professor of finance and monetary economics at the International Business School in Budapest, she began her career under socialism at the statistics and planning offices. As deputy governor, she was part of the team that managed the Hungarian economy through the post-2007 financial crisis – an experience she chronicles in Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm: From Minor Turbulences to a Global Hurricane (Springer, 2020). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes and podcasts at www.242.news on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/finance

Alors que les négociations diplomatiques pour mettre fin à la guerre en Ukraine n'ont jamais été aussi intenses, les questions sur le conflit, les réfugiés et l'adhésion future du pays à l'Union européenne agitent la politique des pays voisins.  Signe de cette fébrilité, la Hongrie. À moins d'un an des prochaines élections législatives, le Premier ministre hongrois, le pro-russe Viktor Orban consulte ses électeurs... sous la forme d'un questionnaire sans aucune valeur légale. Il demande aux Hongrois de répondre à cette simple question : «l'Union européenne a décidé d'accepter l'adhésion de l'Ukraine en procédure accélérée. Êtes-vous d'accord ?». Une façon d'instrumentaliser le conflit et les réfugiés ukrainiens. Reportage à Budapest de Florence Labruyère.    La campagne présidentielle en Pologne et les réfugiés ukrainiens Et en Pologne, premier soutien de Kiev dans la guerre déclenchée par Moscou, le sentiment anti-ukrainien qui couve depuis deux ans refait surface. On vote le week-end prochain pour les présidentielles, et cette campagne est déjà placée sous le signe de la xénophobie vis-à-vis des réfugiés ukrainiens. À Varsovie, Adrien Sarlat.   Une mine de charbon transformée en lac en AllemagneAprès un court moratoire pour passer le cap de la crise énergétique, l'Allemagne a repris la fermeture de ses anciennes centrales électriques qui fonctionnent au charbon. En 2030, le pays ne devrait plus du tout utiliser de lignite dans son mix énergétique. Dans l'est du pays, les mines de charbon à ciel ouvert ferment les unes après les autres. Mais que faire de ces terrains désolés. À Cottbus, la ville a décidé de transformer la mine en lac... un projet bien accueilli par la population, mais dénoncé par les militants écologistes. C'est le reportage sur place de Salomé Hénon Cohin    Jacques Delors : les paradoxes d'un homme d'État européen  Et alors que l'arrivée du nouveau chancelier allemand Friedrich Merz relance l'espoir d'un renouveau du couple franco-allemand, qu'on appelle aussi le moteur de l'UE, un livre revient sur le parcours d'une figure centrale de l'UE. Jacques Delors a été aux commandes de la commission de 1985 à 1995 et a su fédérer alors les chefs d'État français, allemand et britannique autour du projet européen de l'acte unique, l'Europe sans frontières. C'est ce que Michel Mangenot, directeur de l'Institut d'études européennes de l'Université Paris 8 a expliqué àJuliette Gheerbrant.  Jacques Delors : les paradoxes d'un homme d'État européen, par Fabrice Larat et Michel Mangenot est publié aux éditions de la Documentation française. 

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has criticised the Taoiseach for saying Brussels should crack down on what he termed Hungary's "abuse of vetoes" at EU Council meetings. We hear from Shona Murray, Europe Correspondent for Euronews, and Fianna Fail MEP Billy Kelleher.

Ros Atkins & Katie Razzall talk to the self professed Media Diva Tina Brown. The former editor in chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and the founding editor in chief of The Daily Beast talks about the changing media landscape and her recent move onto the online publishing platform Substack with her Fresh Hell diary. She's joined by Chris Best cofounder of Substack. Allegations that Viktor Orban is subsidising supportive media outlets with the BBC's Central European Correspondent Nick Thorpe and after Reform UK's successes in last week's English elections the BBC's chief political adviser Ric Bailey, Anna Gross from the Financial Times and James Heale from the Spectator consider how the media has handled Nigel Farage in this campaign – and over the years. Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Assistant Producer: Lucy Wai

Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall examines how Trump is failing to emulate Viktor Orbán’s playbook. Minority Whip Katherine Clark details how Democrats continue to fight back against Trump’s agenda. Plus, we have a special bonus from our YouTube channel with The Bulwark’s Will Sommer examining the MAGA media clown show being invited into the White House press room.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Přežijí novináři autokraty, nebo se z nich většinou stanou zaměstnanci jejich PR agentur? Pánové Viktor Orbán či Donald Trump, zůstaneme-li jen v naší civilizaci, předvádějí absurdní divadlo a stylizují se do role všemocných králů, proto stojí žurnalistika před novými problémy.

In a new recurring series on The Political Scene, the staff writer Andrew Marantz joins Tyler Foggatt to assess the status of American democracy. How does one distinguish—in the blizzard of federal workforce cuts, deportations, and executive orders that have defined the first hundred days of Donald Trump's second term—actions that are offensive to some, but fundamentally within the power of the executive, from moves which threaten the integrity of our system of government? Marantz applies the lens of Viktor Orbán's Hungary to analyze where we may be in a potential slide toward autocracy, exploring ways in which Trump has even gone beyond the “Orbán playbook.” Marantz and Foggatt also discuss what it would take to reverse democratic backsliding.This week's reading: “Is It Happening Here?,” by Andrew Marantz  “One Hundred Days of Ineptitude,” by David Remnick “The Bureaucratic Nightmares of Being Trans Under Trump,” by Grace Byron To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to themail@newyorker.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The first 100 days of Trump's second term have come to an end… so, what comes next? Overseas, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has transformed his country into electoral autocracy using tactics that bear a striking resemblance to those currently playing out in Trump's America. To close out the Trumpland series, MSNBC's Alex Wagner travels to Hungary and speaks with lawyers, journalists, politicians, and advocates on the ground who offer important lessons for America while they continue to fight for democracy in their own country. Sign up for MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this episode ad-free, plus get an upcoming exclusive bonus episode of Trumpland!

The world is in flux. What's Europe's place in it, exactly? This week, we're bringing you something different: a big, sprawling conversation with leading European historian Timothy Garton Ash. Can anything good come from Trumpism for this continent? What can be done to stop autocrats like Viktor Orbán from undermining the EU from the inside? And does it matter if we talk about different things when we talk about Europe?    Timothy is Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford. 'Homelands' is now available in more than 20 languages; you can find all the available editions here.   We'll be at two events in Amsterdam for Europe Day on May 9! We've got two pairs of tickets to give away to the late-night EuropaNacht event at Paradiso. Email hello@europeanspodcast.com for a chance to win them. If you're too late, you can buy a ticket here; tickets to the earlier event, at SPUI25, are available here. With many thanks to our friends at the European Cultural Foundation, DutchCulture and De Kiesmannen.   Thanks for listening. If you enjoy our podcasts, we'd love it if you'd consider supporting our work. You can chip in to help us cover the weekly research and production of The Europeans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (many currencies are available), or gift a donation to a super fan here. We'd also love it if you could tell two friends about this podcast!   Producers: Wojciech Oleksiak and Morgan Childs Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne    YouTube | Bluesky | Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | hello@europeanspodcast.com

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 800-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Brad discusses recent news about the Trump White House considering a $5,000 baby bonus to increase the US birth rate and similar incentives to support traditional family structures. Brad argues that these measures are deeply rooted in white nationalist ideas and reflect a broader agenda to shape the American family. He draws connections to Project 2025 and discusses how Hungary, with its pro-family policies under Viktor Orbán, serves as an inspiration for US conservative policies despite Hungary's economic and social issues. These conservative agendas prioritize a specific vision of family and society, often at the expense of broader public welfare and economic stability. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a veritable smörgåsbord for you this week on The Europeans, from human rights in Hungary to the sorry tale of two Danish sustainability influencers whose eco-resort business went spectacularly wrong. We discuss why Viktor Orbán is concentrating so much effort on bullying the LGBTQI community at a time when Hungary has major problems to fix, and whether anything can be done to stop him. Plus, Daria Verbytska calls in from Kyiv to explain how an army of volunteer online sleuths helps Ukrainian authorities use open-source intelligence to fight back against Russia.   Daria is the executive director and cofounder of the Molfar Intelligence Institute. You can find out about Molfar on their website and read their investigations here.   This week's Inspiration Station offerings: LA NIÑA and Den stora älgvandringen ('The Great Moose Migration' on Sweden's STV).   Thanks for listening. If you enjoy our podcasts, we'd love it if you'd consider supporting our work. You can chip in to help us cover the weekly research and production of The Europeans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (many currencies are available), or gift a donation to a super fan here. We'd also love it if you could tell two friends about this podcast!        Other resources for this episode   'Hungary's ban on Pride has little to do with being gay' - BalkanInsight, March 27, 2025 https://balkaninsight.com/2025/03/27/hungarys-ban-on-pride-has-little-to-do-with-being-gay/   'Anti-spying phone pouches offered to EU lawmakers for trip to Hungary' - Politico Europe, April 16, 2025 https://www.politico.eu/article/lawmakers-offered-anti-espionage-phone-pouches-in-hungary/   00:00:46  Welcome to Europe, land of toxic eggs and tomatoes 00:06:50  Bad Week: Hungary gives constitutional backing to its Pride ban 00:22:59  Good Week (?) for Guatemala-bound tourists 00:44:51  Interview: Daria Verbytska on how OSINT is being used to help Ukraine's fightback against Russia 00:59:55  The Inspiration Station:  LA NIÑA and Den stora älgvandringen ('The Great Moose Migration') 01:03:07  Happy Ending: The amazing cross-border teenagers tackling antibiotic resistance   Producers: Morgan Childs and Wojciech Oleksiak Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina   YouTube | Bluesky | Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | hello@europeanspodcast.com       

Viktor Orban is in his fourth consecutive term as Prime Minister of Hungary. In that time, he has dismantled democratic checks and balances, taken control of the country's media, civil society and universities, and consolidated power in him and his Fidesz party. NPR's Rob Schmitz looks at how Orban's step-by-step dismantling of Hungary's democracy has become a point of fascination for political scientists around the world, including those advising the Trump administration.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Viktor Orban told America's right to take control of the courts, the media, and the universities- and that's just what Trump intends to do. Also- Doge got caught letting in Russian hackers to the Department of Labor's systems- so why is there no prosecution while the whistleblower ended up with death threats taped to his door?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tommy and Ben discuss the fallout from Trump's national security team accidentally sending top secret war plans to a journalist, Turkey's backsliding democracy as a result of Erdoğan arresting his top political opponent, and Bibi Netanyahu's continuing efforts to remove internal critics while Israel gears up for potential annexation of Gaza. They also discuss a violent settler attack on the Oscar winning co-director of No Other Land, Russia's maximalist terms for the new maritime ceasefire with Ukraine, the conflicts in Sudan and Congo, and the Trump administration's latest immigration moves, including revoking temporary protected status for over 500,000 people. Then, Tommy is joined by Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director at the European Council of Foreign Relations, for a tour of Europe, including Turkey's political unrest, Romania's fraught election, and the latest with Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán.