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Herzlich willkommen zu Ihrem morgendlichen Newsletter! Blockade in Brüssel: Unser erster Artikel zeigt, wie Viktor Orbán die gemeinsame EU-Linie zur Ukraine sprengt und stattdessen einen eigenen Gipfel mit Russland fordert. Der zweite Artikel deckt auf, wie widersprüchlich deutsche Waffenlieferungen an Israel kommuniziert werden – offiziell eingeschränkt, aber mit Genehmigungen im Milliardenwert seit 2023. Unser dritter Artikel beleuchtet das neue EU-Medienfreiheitsgesetz. Es soll zwar die Pressevielfalt sichern, lässt jedoch weiterhin Spielräume für die Überwachung von Journalisten.
John welcomes Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum back to the show to discuss her new cover story in The Atlantic on the devastating civil war in Sudan. Applebaum—whose 2004 tome “Gulag: A History” won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and whose most recent book, “Autocracy, Inc.” comes out in paperback this month—explains how anarchy, greed, and nihilism have replaced the liberal world order in Sudan; the role that Donald Trump and Elon Musk played in the country's downward spiral; and why the same forces are coming for the countries of the rich world next. She also lays out the evidence that Trump is bent on turning the U.S. into a bigger, badder, more authoritarian version of Viktor Orban's Hungary. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
De Strateeg selecteert het beste van afgelopen seizoen. We zijn trots op onze democratieën in Europa, maar dat is al lang niet meer vanzelfsprekend. De oorlog in Oekraïne is een direct gevaar voor onze vrijheid en veiligheid. Maar het gevaar komt ook van binnenuit. Wat te denken van Viktor Orbán in Hongarije en de opmars van de radicaalrechtse AfD in Duitsland. Die partij is zo extreem dat de Duitse veiligheidsdiensten ervoor waarschuwen, en zelfs Geert Wilders en Marine Le Pen willen niet meer met de partij samenwerken. En dan heb je ook nog Elon Musk die zich actief bemoeit met onze politiek, onder meer bij diezelfde AfD. Luister ook | De opmars van de militaire ruimtevaart Hoe moet Europa met al deze dreigingen omgaan? Dat hoor je in deze aflevering van De Strateeg van: - Gerben Bakker, strategisch analist bij het Den Haag Centrum voor Strategische Studies en filosoof en ethicus op het gebied van nationale veiligheid. - Theresa Kuhn, hoogleraar moderne Europese geschiedenis en politiek aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Luister ook | Europa-correspondent Stefan de Vries: 'Nationalistische partijen zijn een gevaar voor de natiestaat die ze proberen te verdedigen' Over deze podcast De Strateeg is een podcast van BNR in samenwerking met het Den Haag Centrum voor Strategische Studies (HCSS). Abonneer je via bnr.nl/destrateeg om geen enkele aflevering te missen. Host: Paul van Liempt Redactie: Michaël Roele Tips, vragen of andere opmerkingen over De Strateeg? Stuur dan een mailtje naar roele@bnr.nl.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
De Strateeg selecteert het beste van afgelopen seizoen. We zijn trots op onze democratieën in Europa, maar dat is al lang niet meer vanzelfsprekend. De oorlog in Oekraïne is een direct gevaar voor onze vrijheid en veiligheid. Maar het gevaar komt ook van binnenuit. Wat te denken van Viktor Orbán in Hongarije en de opmars van de radicaalrechtse AfD in Duitsland.
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Herzlich willkommen zu Ihrem morgendlichen Newsletter! Viktor Orbán und Alice Weidel haben sich in diesem Jahr zum zweiten Mal getroffen. Im Fokus standen der EU-Haushalt und ein „Europa souveräner Nationen“. Weitere Einzelheiten erfahren Sie in unserem ersten Beitrag. Der Streit um die Visa-Vergabe an eine 14-köpfige Familie geht in die nächste Runde. Näheres dazu in unserem zweiten Artikel. Im Oktober zieht sich Jette Nietzard, Co-Chefin der Grünen Jugend, überraschend von ihrem Amt zurück. Die Hintergründe des Rückzugs beleuchten wir in unserem letzten Beitrag.
Robert Fico obvinil Britániu zo zasahovania do slovenských volieb na základe článku, ktorý v skutočnosti hovorí niečo úplne iné ako slovenský premiér. Nikde sa nepíše o pomoci konkrétnej strane, ani o platení novinárov. Aktuality zistili, kto presne zo Slovenska pred voľbami v roku 2023 dostal peniaze na aký projekt. Skutočnosť je oveľa prozaickejšia ako tlačovka premiéra. Strana Smer navyše sama vyhrala voľby s pomocou ovplyvňovania volieb zo zahraničia, na čo už v minulosti upozornilo Investigatívne centrum Jána Kuciaka. Maďarský premiér Viktor Orbán platil tesne pred voľbami reklamu na Slovensku, v ktorej strašil migráciou. Na hranice so Slovenskom vtedy Maďarsko pustilo migrantov, ktorých Smer využil v predvolebnom boji. Robert Fico navyše dostal priestor v maďarskej štátnej televízii. Politológ Radoslav Štefančík pripomína aj ruský vplyv.V dnešnom podcaste budete počuť aj reportéra Aktualít Mareka Bíra, ktorý sa rozprával so šéfom organizácie Memo 98. Práve tá mala dostať spomenuté britské peniaze. Na čo konkrétne ich použili? Na podporu žiadnej politickej strany to nebolo. Peniaze išli na nástroj, ktorý ste pred voľbami možno využili aj vy.Podcast Aktuality Nahlas moderuje Peter Hanák.Naše podcasty nájdete na webe Aktuality.sk v sekcii Podcasty, na Spotify, Apple Podcastoch, na Youtube a aj v iných podcastových aplikáciách. Odporúčame aj naše spoplatnené podcasty Mafiánsky štát a TELO, ktoré sú dostupné len na webe Aktualít po prihlásení sa do služby predplatného Aktuality Navyše.
The framework trade agreement which the United States and the European Union signed on Sunday is worse than the trade deal that the United Kingdom reached with the US earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said. It introduces a 15% import tariff on most EU goods being exported to the US, which is half the 30% rate US President Donald Trump had threatened. This baseline tariff will apply across the board, including for Europe's crucial car manufacturing sector, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors. To discuss this further, Derrick Lynch was joined by Tommy Corbett, Financial expert at Carey Corbett Financial Solutions.
Robert Fico obvinil Britániu zo zasahovania do slovenských volieb na základe článku, ktorý v skutočnosti hovorí niečo úplne iné ako slovenský premiér. Nikde sa nepíše o pomoci konkrétnej strane, ani o platení novinárov. Aktuality zistili, kto presne zo Slovenska pred voľbami v roku 2023 dostal peniaze na aký projekt. Skutočnosť je oveľa prozaickejšia ako tlačovka premiéra. Strana Smer navyše sama vyhrala voľby s pomocou ovplyvňovania volieb zo zahraničia, na čo už v minulosti upozornilo Investigatívne centrum Jána Kuciaka. Maďarský premiér Viktor Orbán platil tesne pred voľbami reklamu na Slovensku, v ktorej strašil migráciou. Na hranice so Slovenskom vtedy Maďarsko pustilo migrantov, ktorých Smer využil v predvolebnom boji. Robert Fico navyše dostal priestor v maďarskej štátnej televízii. Politológ Radoslav Štefančík pripomína aj ruský vplyv.V dnešnom podcaste budete počuť aj reportéra Aktualít Mareka Bíra, ktorý sa rozprával so šéfom organizácie Memo 98. Práve tá mala dostať spomenuté britské peniaze. Na čo konkrétne ich použili? Na podporu žiadnej politickej strany to nebolo. Peniaze išli na nástroj, ktorý ste pred voľbami možno využili aj vy.Podcast Aktuality Nahlas moderuje Peter Hanák.Naše podcasty nájdete na webe Aktuality.sk v sekcii Podcasty, na Spotify, Apple Podcastoch, na Youtube a aj v iných podcastových aplikáciách. Odporúčame aj naše spoplatnené podcasty Mafiánsky štát a TELO, ktoré sú dostupné len na webe Aktualít po prihlásení sa do služby predplatného Aktuality Navyše.
In his "Reliable Sources" newsletter, CNN's Brian Stelter freaks out over the Paramount-Skydance merger, insisting CBS is caving to an authoritarian, just as media outlets allegedly did before Viktor Orban in Hungary. A source is only "Reliable" if it hates President Trump with an unquenchable passion.
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C'est un marché en plein essor : celui des batteries, de plus en plus cruciales dans un monde qui cherche à recourir à plus d'électrique, et à moins de pétrole. Pour donner un coup de fouet à l'économie de son pays, le Premier ministre hongrois Viktor Orban a invité plusieurs entreprises chinoises à s'implanter, malgré la réticence, voire l'hostilité, d'une majorité de la population. Cette émission est une sélection estivale des programmes d'Accents d'Europe La population hongroise rétive aux usines de batteries Dans 10 ans, les voitures neuves vendues dans l'Union européenne devront toutes être électriques et la course à la production de batteries est lancée. Le Premier ministre Viktor Orban veut faire de la Hongrie un producteur de rang mondial, notamment parce que l'industrie automobile allemande fabrique beaucoup dans son pays. Il a invité des entreprises chinoises à venir s'implanter. Un grand pôle industriel est en train de voir le jour dans l'est du pays où le géant chinois CATL construit la plus grande usine de batteries du continent européen. Selon plusieurs sondages, la majorité de la population est hostile à la présence de ces usines et à Debrecen, la colère gronde : les riverains dénoncent un risque élevé de pollution. Reportage Florence La Bruyère. En Grèce, faire de la radio pour apprendre La radio comme outil ludique et pédagogique, c'est ce que propose en Grèce, le réseau social éducatif ‘European School Radio', installé dans les locaux de l'Université internationale de Thessalonique. Repérer les infox et les campagnes de manipulation demande une vigilance sans cesse plus élevée et l'éducation joue un rôle essentiel : mi-avril 2025, le festival Radio kids Europe a permis aux enfants et adolescents grecs, avec la participation de jeunes Allemands, Français et Chypriotes de s'exercer au décryptage et à la production de l'information. Reportage à Neos Marmaras, dans le nord de la Grèce, Joël Bronner. Chronique musicale Le choix musical de Vincent Théval : Call me back, du groupe Suisse Sirens Of Lesbos. Charpentière et infirmier : l'Allemagne face aux préjugés de genre L'Allemagne fait partie des pays européens qui manquent cruellement de main-d'œuvre. De nombreux secteurs professionnels peinent à recruter outre-Rhin : la santé, le soin, la construction, les métiers manuels ou encore l'informatique. Parmi les facteurs qui entrent en jeu dans cette situation, il y a les préjugés de genre. Certains métiers sont toujours considérés comme féminins ou masculins, que ce soit par les candidats ou par les employeurs. Pour casser les stéréotypes et susciter des vocations, l'Allemagne organise tous les ans des journées découvertes des métiers. Celle qui concerne les filles, le « girls' day » a beaucoup de succès. Reportage à Berlin, Delphine Nerbollier.
C'est un marché en plein essor : celui des batteries, de plus en plus cruciales dans un monde qui cherche à recourir à plus d'électrique, et à moins de pétrole. Pour donner un coup de fouet à l'économie de son pays, le Premier ministre hongrois Viktor Orban a invité plusieurs entreprises chinoises à s'implanter, malgré la réticence, voire l'hostilité, d'une majorité de la population. Cette émission est une sélection estivale des programmes d'Accents d'Europe La population hongroise rétive aux usines de batteries Dans 10 ans, les voitures neuves vendues dans l'Union européenne devront toutes être électriques et la course à la production de batteries est lancée. Le Premier ministre Viktor Orban veut faire de la Hongrie un producteur de rang mondial, notamment parce que l'industrie automobile allemande fabrique beaucoup dans son pays. Il a invité des entreprises chinoises à venir s'implanter. Un grand pôle industriel est en train de voir le jour dans l'est du pays où le géant chinois CATL construit la plus grande usine de batteries du continent européen. Selon plusieurs sondages, la majorité de la population est hostile à la présence de ces usines et à Debrecen, la colère gronde : les riverains dénoncent un risque élevé de pollution. Reportage Florence La Bruyère. En Grèce, faire de la radio pour apprendre La radio comme outil ludique et pédagogique, c'est ce que propose en Grèce, le réseau social éducatif ‘European School Radio', installé dans les locaux de l'Université internationale de Thessalonique. Repérer les infox et les campagnes de manipulation demande une vigilance sans cesse plus élevée et l'éducation joue un rôle essentiel : mi-avril 2025, le festival Radio kids Europe a permis aux enfants et adolescents grecs, avec la participation de jeunes Allemands, Français et Chypriotes de s'exercer au décryptage et à la production de l'information. Reportage à Neos Marmaras, dans le nord de la Grèce, Joël Bronner. Chronique musicale Le choix musical de Vincent Théval : Call me back, du groupe Suisse Sirens Of Lesbos. Charpentière et infirmier : l'Allemagne face aux préjugés de genre L'Allemagne fait partie des pays européens qui manquent cruellement de main-d'œuvre. De nombreux secteurs professionnels peinent à recruter outre-Rhin : la santé, le soin, la construction, les métiers manuels ou encore l'informatique. Parmi les facteurs qui entrent en jeu dans cette situation, il y a les préjugés de genre. Certains métiers sont toujours considérés comme féminins ou masculins, que ce soit par les candidats ou par les employeurs. Pour casser les stéréotypes et susciter des vocations, l'Allemagne organise tous les ans des journées découvertes des métiers. Celle qui concerne les filles, le « girls' day » a beaucoup de succès. Reportage à Berlin, Delphine Nerbollier.
El primer ministro húngaro, Viktor Orbán, está viendo amenazado su poder, pero no de la forma que uno podría esperar.
Premierul Viktor Orbán l-a întrebat pe astronautul maghiar Tibor Kapu, în timp ce acesta efectua o misiune la bordul Stației Spațiale Internaționale, dacă războiul din Ucraina se vede din... spațiu. Astronautul a luat parte la misiunea Axiom 4, alături de astronauți din 30 de țări, care au petrecut 20 de zile la bordul Stației Internaționale. „Misiune îndeplinită! Tibor Kapu se întoarce pe Pământ! O mare mândrie pentru Ungaria!”, a scris prim-ministrul Viktor Orbán pe Facebook cu ocazia întoarcerii Misiunii Axiom 4, săptămâna trecută, relatează telex.hu. Axiom Space a fost prima companie care a trimis o misiune privată la Stația Spațială Internațională pentru a efectua experimente. Astronauți din 31 de țări au efectuat 60 experimente legate de imprimarea 3D, motoare ionice sau ADN-ul uman. „Ungaria a fost readusă pe harta spațială în ultimele săptămâni și, credeți-mă, este foarte vizibilă de aici”, a declarat maghiarul Tibor Kapu în spațiu. Astronautul a avut, de asemenea, o conversație cu Viktor Orbán pe când se afla la bordul ISS. Premierul i-a spus astronautului că nu pot vorbi despre politică, religie, publicitate, gen, încălzire globală și pseudoștiință, însă l-a întrebat dacă războiul din Ucraina este vizibil din spațiu, mai scrie publicația citată. De ce vrea Orban ca opoziția de la Momentum să participe la parlamentarele din 2026 Fostul președinte al partidului maghiar de stânga Momentum, András-Fekete Győr, a susținut într-o emisiune la radio că partidul premierului Orban, Fidesz a încercat în repetate rânduri să încurajeze Momentum să participe la alegerile parlamentare din 2026 după ce formațiunea a anunțat că nu se va prezenta. Momentum susține că șansele sale sunt mici și că nu vrea să fragmenteze votul opoziției care are oportunitatea de a înlătura regimul Orban. „Fidesz are un interes personal în a se asigura că participă la alegeri cât mai multe partide. Prin urmare, nu a apreciat decizia Momentum de a nu se prezenta”, a explicat politicianul citat de 24.hu. Acesta spune că Fidesz ar fi propus partidului Momentum o sumă foarte mare de bani, aproximativ un miliard de forinți ( 2,5 milioane de euro.) Partidul lui Orban s-ar fi oferit și să strângă semnăturile pentru candidații Momentum. Fekete-Győr a ținut să sublinieze că partidul a respins această ofertă. Cum a încercat opoziția din Slovacia să forțeze mâna guvernului privind sancțiunile anti Rusia Partidul slovac de opoziție, Libertate și Solidaritate (SaS) susține că l-a prins în capcană pe premierul Robert Fico și că acesta trebuie să voteze în favoarea sancțiunilor împotriva Rusiei, relatează spravy.pravda.sk. Declarația a fost făcută într-o conferință de presă de liderul SaS, Branislav Gröhling. „Acum câțiva ani, Fico a spus că, dacă o cincime dintre parlamentari propun o poziție privind afacerile europene, iar Parlamentul nu decide altfel în termen de 14 zile, acea poziție devine valabilă. Așadar, s-a exprimat deja o poziție conform căreia guvernului trebuie să susțină sancțiunile propuse de Uniunea Europeană împotriva Rusiei. Poziția este sprijinită de peste 30 de parlamentari ai opoziției. Întrucât Parlamentul nu s-a întrunit în termen de 14 zile pentru modificarea acesteia, SaS consideră că decizia este în vigoare și obligatorie pentru guvern,” a adăugat politicianul din opoziție. Robert Fico condiționa sprijinul pentru cel de-al 18-lea pachet de sancțiuni împotriva Rusiei de obținerea de garanții de securitate energetică și stabilitatea prețurilor în Slovacia. El este deosebit de îngrijorat de planul Comisiei Europene de a pune capăt importurilor de gaze rusești începând cu 1 ianuarie 2028. Opoziția susține că prim-ministrul apără interesele rusești, mai degrabă decât pe cele ale cetățenilor slovaci. „Acesta este interesul public: să nu ne aflăm într-o zi sub ocupație rusească, așa cum s-a întâmplat cu georgienii, ucrainenii sau moldovenii. Domnule prim-ministru, scopul este să-l slăbim pe Putin, astfel încât într-o bună zi să nu ne trezim în spatele sârmei ghimpate precum oamenii din Abhazia sau Osetia de Sud”, a declarat o politiciană din opoziție. Au participat la Revista Presei, Europa Plus: Kevin KOVÁCS, Ungaria Anna Réka, RÁFI, Ungaria Dominika ZVARIKOVÁ, Slovacia
In episode 2 of The Right Kind of Family, our reporters travel to Hungary, a country ruled by Viktor Orban's Fidezs party since 2010. This relatively small central European country has surged to the role of ideological cornerstone for the Political Network for Values and its members. In particular, our reporters focus on one specific dimension of the policies enacted by the Orban over the past decade: family policies as a tool to stop population decline.The Hungarian government proudly defines its country as a family-friendly land. But what exactly are the famed policies of the Hungarian government, and how do they affect Hungarian households and women? What do Hungarians think about them, and ultimately, are they effective in halting population decline? The Right Kind of Family is a podcast co-produced by El País Audio, Chora Media, Europod, and 444.It was created within the framework of the WePod project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Commission.The English version is written and narrated by Lili RutaiResearch and fieldwork: Francesca Berardi, Claudia Torrisi, Lili Rutai, Elsa Cabria and Manuel TomilloScript in original language: Francesca Berardi, Claudia Torrisi, Lili Rutai, Elsa Cabria.Editing of scripts: Alexander Damiano Ricci, Ana Ribera and Sabrina TinelliOriginal sound identity: Daniel Gutierrez Ortega and Mattia Liciotti, based on ‘The Devil You Know' soundtrack, licensed by Machiavelli Music.Additional musical curation, editing and sound design: Jeremy Bocquet.Original graphic design: Ruth Benito and Rebecca GrassiGraphic design adaptation for the English version: Watermelon collectiveExecutive production: Ana RiberaEditorial coordination and production: Alexander Damiano RicciCo-funded by the European Union. However, the views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.This podcast is co-produced by Europod.Subscribe to Europod • English for even more podcasts, and follow us on Linkedin and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/Thank you Conducttr for sponsoring the podcast. Take a look at Conducttr's services and its crisis exercise software at: https://www.conducttr.comThis is a conversation with Szabolcs Panyi, a Hungarian investigative journalist. I wanted to talk to Szabolcs because something remarkable has been happening in Hungarian politics. Viktor Orban, the prime minister who has ruled Hungary for over almost two decades is now for the first time ever, losing by a large margin in the polls to a new challenger. The elections are less than a year from now and it's starting to look more and more likely that Viktor Orban's rule might be coming to an end. And so we discuss why - who is Orban's new challenger, why is he able to succeed where so many before failed, and what would his victory mean for Hungary but also for Russia, Ukraine and European politics at large.
Viktor Orban na poważnie mówi o wyjściu Węgier z Unii Europejskiej. Min. Sikorski komentuje: zrobił z Węgier najbiedniejszy kraj UE. Do tego prowadzi złodziejstwo i nacjonalizm! Dziś także o planach NATO likwidacji Okręgu Królewieckiego, o nowych sankcjach na Rosję oraz o nepotyzmie w polskiej armii. #IPPTVNaŻywo #polityka #Orban #Kaczyński #UniaEuropejska ----------------------------------------------------
Maďarsko čekají za necelý rok parlamentní volby, ve kterých se maďarský premiér Viktor Orbán pokusí o páté vítězství v řadě. Poprvé po 15 letech mu ale roste konkurence v osobě lídra nové opoziční strany TISZA Pétera Magyara. „Je dost podobný mladému Orbánovi. Má charisma, podobně jako Orbán má sebejisté vystupování, dobře mluví a ví, jak funguje mocenská mašinerie Fideszu. Komunikuje přesně tak, aby to druhou stranu bolelo,“ popisuje bohemista a diplomat György Varga.Všechny díly podcastu Interview Plus můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.
Après un siècle de silence et des années de combat, les exhumations ont commencé sur le site d'une de ces institutions où des milliers d'enfants sont morts et ont été enterrés en secret. Le lourd secret de foyers catholiques irlandais C'est un épisode sinistre de l'histoire de la société irlandaise : pendant des décennies après l'indépendance du pays, les femmes et jeunes adolescentes tombées enceintes hors mariage étaient pour la plupart internées de force dans des institutions religieuses. Cette pratique a duré des années 1920 aux années 60 principalement, mais elle existait encore dans les années 90. Parmi les enfants qui sont nés dans ces institutions, plusieurs milliers n'ont pas survécu et ont été enterrés en secret - un chiffre qui défie l'entendement. Mais aujourd'hui après une longue bataille pour se faire entendre, des familles vont enfin pouvoir faire leur deuil. Dans l'ouest du Pays à Tuam, sur le site de l'un de ces foyers, les exhumations ont débuté. C'est un reportage de Clémence Pénard. En Hongrie, la corruption fait recette (aussi) en images Les documentaires sur la corruption du régime de Viktor Orban comptent dans le pays plus de spectateurs que les « blockbusters », les films grand public ! Nous avions parlé dans Accents d'Europe de Dynastia, qui raconte comment Viktor Orban, sa famille et son clan ont pillé l'argent public, un film qui a comptabilisé 3 800 000 vues sur internet et 4 millions de spectateurs, ce qui est énorme. Aujourd'hui, un deuxième documentaire est sorti, et va peut-être battre les records. Les explications à Budapest de Florence La Bruyère. La chronique musique de Vincent Théval : GRÓA Eldingar í prag (Islande). Dans l'air du temps : le voyage solo au féminin Elles étaient déjà 138 millions en 2017 selon l'Organisation mondiale du tourisme - un chiffre qui avait triplé en trois ans : les femmes qui choisissent de voyager seules. Et la tendance reste à la hausse, car si elle est difficile à chiffrer, elle est de plus en plus visible sur les réseaux sociaux où le nombre de comptes dédiés au voyage en solitaire et au féminin explose. L'Europe est l'une des destinations préférées de ces aventurières du XXIè siècle qui doivent pourtant encore surmonter, en 2025, quelques craintes et quelques injonctions. Reportage sur les routes de France, Léa Boutin-Rivière.
Après un siècle de silence et des années de combat, les exhumations ont commencé sur le site d'une de ces institutions où des milliers d'enfants sont morts et ont été enterrés en secret. Le lourd secret de foyers catholiques irlandais C'est un épisode sinistre de l'histoire de la société irlandaise : pendant des décennies après l'indépendance du pays, les femmes et jeunes adolescentes tombées enceintes hors mariage étaient pour la plupart internées de force dans des institutions religieuses. Cette pratique a duré des années 1920 aux années 60 principalement, mais elle existait encore dans les années 90. Parmi les enfants qui sont nés dans ces institutions, plusieurs milliers n'ont pas survécu et ont été enterrés en secret - un chiffre qui défie l'entendement. Mais aujourd'hui après une longue bataille pour se faire entendre, des familles vont enfin pouvoir faire leur deuil. Dans l'ouest du Pays à Tuam, sur le site de l'un de ces foyers, les exhumations ont débuté. C'est un reportage de Clémence Pénard. En Hongrie, la corruption fait recette (aussi) en images Les documentaires sur la corruption du régime de Viktor Orban comptent dans le pays plus de spectateurs que les « blockbusters », les films grand public ! Nous avions parlé dans Accents d'Europe de Dynastia, qui raconte comment Viktor Orban, sa famille et son clan ont pillé l'argent public, un film qui a comptabilisé 3 800 000 vues sur internet et 4 millions de spectateurs, ce qui est énorme. Aujourd'hui, un deuxième documentaire est sorti, et va peut-être battre les records. Les explications à Budapest de Florence La Bruyère. La chronique musique de Vincent Théval : GRÓA Eldingar í prag (Islande). Dans l'air du temps : le voyage solo au féminin Elles étaient déjà 138 millions en 2017 selon l'Organisation mondiale du tourisme - un chiffre qui avait triplé en trois ans : les femmes qui choisissent de voyager seules. Et la tendance reste à la hausse, car si elle est difficile à chiffrer, elle est de plus en plus visible sur les réseaux sociaux où le nombre de comptes dédiés au voyage en solitaire et au féminin explose. L'Europe est l'une des destinations préférées de ces aventurières du XXIè siècle qui doivent pourtant encore surmonter, en 2025, quelques craintes et quelques injonctions. Reportage sur les routes de France, Léa Boutin-Rivière.
Presa maghiară scrie că poliția interzisese manifestarea, dar primarul capitalei a declarat-o eveniment municipal oficial ceea ce în opinia sa, o făcea legală. Comunicarea contradictorie dintre poliție și primărie ar fi putut crea confuzie în rândul manifestanților. Poliția maghiară nu va urmări penal participanții la Pride, relatează telex.hu care citează site-ul poliției. Parada a avut loc pe 28 iunie. Publicația scrie că pe 16 iunie, o persoană privată a anunțat organizarea manifestației la Poliție, iar cererea respectivă a fost respinsă considerându-se că evenimentul încălca noua lege privind libertatea de întrunire. Organizatorii au fost informați despre interdicție și, întrucât nu au contestat decizia, aceasta a devenit definitivă. În ciuda interdicției, organizatorii și-au menținut comunicarea afirmând că demonstrația nu era ilegală și au îndemnat publicul să participe. Primarul Budapestei, Karácsony Gergely, a desemnat Pride drept eveniment municipal oficial, ceea ce, a susținut el, l-a legalizat. Cu toate acestea, poliția a continuat considere că evenimentul avea nevoie de autorizație. Această contradicție dintre poliție și primărie ar fi putut cauza confuzie în rândul participanților, unii dintre aceștia considerând că acționează în limitele legii. Acest caz face parte dintr-un climat politic polarizat prezent de ceva vreme în Ungaria, comentează publicația. În februarie 2025, în timpul discursului său anual despre Starea Națiunii, prim-ministrul Viktor Orbán și-a exprimat clar dorința de a interzice Pride, avertizând organizatorii că nu merită să se piardă timpul organizând evenimentul din acest an. Parlamentul maghiar a modificat Constituția în primăvară, prioritizând „dreptul copiilor la o dezvoltare sănătoasă” față de libertatea de întrunire și, ulterior, interzicând orice adunare considerată contrară „protecției copiilor” - o referire la controversata legislație din 2021 care a interzis „promovarea homosexualității” în rândul minorilor. 381 de milioane de forinți pentru renovarea băilor de la Lacul Hévíz Guvernul alocă 381 de milioane de forinți, aproximativ 1 milion de euro pentru restaurarea băilor de la Lacul Hévíz, citim în telex.hu. Ministerul de Interne și Ministerul Construcțiilor și Transporturilor vor fi responsabili de pregătirea și implementarea lucrărilor de restaurare. Clădirea centrală a Băilor este închisă de la începutul lunii iunie din problemelor de structură. Restricția se aplică doar clădirii centrale a băilor în timp ce spa-ul și alte facilități asociate rămân deschise publicului. Hévíz este cel mai mare lac termal din lume în care se poate înota. Cu o suprafață de 47.500 de metri pătrați este al doilea cel mai mare lac termal din lume, după Lacul Frying Pan din Noua Zeelandă, care este prea fierbinte pentru înot. Adâncimea minimă a lacului din Ungaria este de 2 metri, atingând o adâncime maximă de 38 de metri, exact în punctul în care apa termală fierbinte iese la suprafață. CE face 7 noi recomandări pentru Slovacia în ceea ce privește statul de drept Slovacia criticată de UE pentru corupție și deteriorarea situației din mass-media, citim în spravy.pravda.sk. În Raportul său anual privind statul de drept, publicat recent, Comisia Europeană (CE) a constatat că Slovacia a făcut progrese insuficiente în implementarea recomandărilor formulate în raportul de anul trecut. Slovacia a primit șapte noi recomandări. Printre acestea, țara este îndemnată să garanteze independența procedurilor de demitere a membrilor nealeși ai Consiliului Judiciar, să asigure investigarea și urmărirea penală eficientă și independentă a cazurilor de corupție la nivel înalt și să limiteze competențele Procurorului General de a anula deciziile anchetatorilor și procurorilor. Comisia solicită, de asemenea, consolidarea independenței editoriale a mass-media publice. Potrivit CE, Slovacia nu a făcut progrese în îmbunătățirea siguranței fizice și a condițiilor de muncă ale jurnaliștilor, nici în implicarea publicului și a părților interesate în procesul de legiferare. Comisia critică în special utilizarea excesivă a procedurii legislative accelerate. Ministerul Justiției din Slovacia respinge anumite părți ale raportului, considerând că evaluarea CE nu reflectă în mod obiectiv realitatea țării și critică. În ceea ce privește recomandările privind urmărirea penală a cazurilor de corupție, ministerul consideră că datele au fost interpretate greșit sau nu sunt fundamentate.
Hi, everyone. Here's an audio version of yesterday's post…MWThe big-beautiful-actually-big-ugly bill that passed through Congress and hit the President's desk on July 4th will cause untold damage to our country. Ironically, the pain will be felt most acutely by those who have supported the President most. Many legislators who voted for the 940-page bill have admitted they didn't actually read it, but rather took other people's (namely Trump's) word for it that it didn't, for instance, cut Medicaid - which it decidedly did, and to the tune of a trillion dollars.As if depriving almost 12 million people of their healthcare isn't enough, that's not even the most dastardly thing about this bill. The most dangerous piece of the legislation, one that cuts into the very heart of our Constitutional system, is its expansion of ICE. The 2024 ICE budget was $9.7 Billion; it now will be increased to an annual expenditure of $48 Billion. Over the next four years ICE will receive $170 Billion, making it bigger than most of the militaries of the world. The ICE budget will now be more than the FBI, the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm), the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency), US Marshalls, and the Bureau of Prisons combined. The bill orders 10,000 new ICE agents, adding to the 20,000 agents already on the streets. The annual budget for detentions now rise from $3.4 billion to $45 billion a year, constituting a 365% increase. While ICE is currently holding around 59,000 detainees - nearly half of whom have no criminal records - the new bill calls for adding 100,000 more. And the power of ICE lies not only in its size. It operates outside of due process and the judicial system, meaning the administration has effectively hired its own private police force to do whatever it is they want it to do. Just as Trump forces have managed to effectively neuter the U.S. Congress and our Supreme Court, with the latest changes to ICE they have effectively neutered the regulatory statutes that protect us from police overreach as well. This is not normal.The President campaigned on getting violent criminals off our streets - a goal no one would argue with - but what's happening now is much bigger than that. The administration is not going after criminals; if that were the case, it wouldn't be pardoning some of the biggest while collar criminals in America. They're not just going for criminals; they're going for numbers. Stephen Miller is demanding 3,000 arrests be made per day, even suggesting ICE agents stand outside Home Depots and see who they can round up. They might target one person, then just pick up whoever is standing near them whether they're on a target list or not. This is not about helping America, it's about reshaping it. E Pluribus Unum - the “Out of many, One” First Principle of the United States - provides for a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural society united by common principles of liberty and justice for all. Yet those principles are considered anathema to the White Nationalists, Christian Nationalists, and techno fascists who are behind all this. Their goal is to shred the Constitution and demolish our democracy; Victor Orban didn't hang out at Mar-a-Lago just for the scones. Between Project 2025, this Big Bad Ugly bill, and a militarized ICE, they're following a specific blueprint for war on our basic institutions.Paul Dans, former director of the Heritage Foundation and one of the authors of Project 2025 , has said it's succeeding “beyond our wildest dreams.”Millions are asking, “My God, how did all this happen?” There are complicated answers to that question, but what should not be underestimated is the role of Trump's propaganda machine. As with Hitler's Nuremberg Rallies, he has mesmerized millions with the performative power of his lies. In both my campaigns for President, I stated often: “Trump has ushered in an age of political theatre, and we will not be going back.”Using the biggest megaphone in the world, Donald Trump gained the power to do the hateful things he is doing by propagating hateful ideas. He then injected them like poison into the veins of our body politic.Remember when he rode down his elevator and announced about Mexico, ‘They're not sending us their best people?” That was the first shot not in a war against Mexico, but in a war against the United States. Now he's gone all the way to suggesting that immigrants have “criminal genes.” This is more than fear-mongering; it's strategy. The biggest mistake we can make is to laugh at anything he says.Without the President's strategy of demonizing our immigrant community, none of this could have occurred. Those who so often said, “Take him seriously, but do not take him literally,” were seriously wrong. He's not just trolling. He says he hates you today, and he comes after you tomorrow.And he's not done. He now calls liberals and progressives “left wing lunatics” and he says Senators who disagree with him are people who “hate their country.” He went so far in fact as to say he hates Democrats. “Don't you?” he asked his audience. He actually said that he “can't stand” us. When a reporter asked a reasonable question about the the Camp Mystic tragedy, the President said that only an “evil person” would ask such a question.What is being perpetrated here is grand plan to transform the United States from a flawed democracy to an authoritarian dictatorship. It's unwise to assume that the forces behind all this have any intention of stopping with immigrants.Yesterday the President said he's “giving serious consideration” to taking away Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship because she's “a Threat to Humanity.” This is something the Constitution does not give the President the authority to do, of course. But Donald Trump has obvious disdain for anything the Constitution says that might limit his power. Already he has called for ICE to go after American citizens, and both Trump and Pam Bondi have called for a plan to denaturalize some who have become American citizens. The fact that an idea is deranged doesn't make it less dangerous. DOGE has worked with ICE to create the federal government's first “national citizenship data bank.”If all of this feels to you profoundly Un-American, it's because it is. If it bothers you, rankles you, and infuriates you, that means you're a patriot. And you are not alone.The good news is that the American people do not like what's going on. In a new Gallup poll, only 35% of Americans approve Trump's immigration policies now, which means that 27% more people disapprove of them. 79% of Americans now say they believe that immigration is good for the country. Even Joe Rogan is now going after the President about this, unhappy at all the innocent people who have been arrested in the ICE raids. But none of this should surprise him; it's not like all of a sudden the President became a pathological liar. None of it is new. The only thing new is that he doesn't even try any more to cover his tracks. From crypto deals to taking bribes from Middle East power brokers to suing media companies to selling his own brand of unisex fragrance, the President's corruption knows no end. He has increased his personal fortune by billions since he was inaugurated in November. At this point, the question isn't “What will he do next?” The most important question is, “What will we do next?”The only thing that can save us now is for the American people to wake up. A spiritual awakening, mocked and derided by America's pseudo-sophisticated political class (you know, the guys who lost to Trump twice) is the most powerful antidote to the forces of hate. If we allow them to, those forces will kidnap more than our bodies; they will kidnap our spirits. But if we're truly dedicated to love, the purveyors of hatred cannot snatch our soul. From there it follows that they cannot snatch our mind, and then they cannot snatch our country.Love does not make us weaker, it makes us stronger. It makes us stronger because it makes us smarter. It restores reason and not the other way around. Evil is the mental energy of love when inverted and turned into something else. Recognizing the existence of evil, the loving mind understands how to prevent it (start by not allowing tens of millions of people to live for years in chronic economic anxiety, lacking health care, economic or educational opportunity) and knows what it takes to override it (provide those things now). It recognizes the anger and despair which people lacking such things feel, making them vulnerable to all manner of societal dysfunction. Disease doesn't start on the level of symptoms; it starts on the level of feeling and thought.And that's where we must counter it. We must meet the forces of hate with the force of our love. Today's “arsenal of democracy” begins in the mind. No one can take away your conscience unless you are willing to surrender it. Do not allow anyone to limit your willingness to love your fellow man.That is not woo woo; it is the salvation of the human race. Totalitarianism is an extreme and perverse consequence of a world in which we've been taught to think that the needs and interests of others should be seen as secondary to our own. It is the opposite of “love thy neighbor as thyself.” Let's not forget Elon Musk told Joe Rogan that “empathy is the biggest weakness in Western civilization.” And damn right that was a Nazi salute. He didn't even deny it; I don't know why anyone else would.Hannah Arendt, premier political philosopher of the 20th Century, said “the death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” She said that a lack of empathy, as well as a lack of critical thought, could lead people otherwise not inherently evil to acquiesce to atrocities.Arendt said the modern mind's obsession with itself led to what she called the “loss of the world.” We become so self-referential that we stop caring about one another, seeing the notion of a “common good” as some quaint relic of former times. This has disunited the United States, endangering us as a country and weakening the gates to the city. It became inevitable then that barbarians would come in.Hitler himself said this: "They refer to me as an uneducated barbarian. Yes we are barbarians. We want to be barbarians; it is an honored title to us. We shall rejuvenate the world.”So much for “It could never happen here.” In our arrogance, our complacency, our distractedness, and our social and political immaturity we made it way too easy for the barbarians to enter. Now that they are here, they are sacking the city. Latino immigrants are just first on their list.So what do we do now? There are some who are seriously focused on the political externalities of the 2026 and 2028 elections, and well they should be. This will include countering all efforts on the part of the administration to rig or even suppress all upcoming elections. TrumpWorld's forces have already begun with plans to further gerrymander Texas, criminalize the behavior of election officials who don't “safeguard” our elections, and so forth.Traditional political and legal efforts are needed, and they are needed badly. But they alone will not be enough to compensate for the lack of moral clarity that made us vulnerable to all this to begin with. That is what we lost, and what we must regain if we are to defeat fascism in our time.Reclaiming that power is up to each of us. No matter what happens, do not allow yourself to lose your own commitment to the humane treatment of other human beings. Do not let them take from you your own moral compass. Do not pass up any opportunity to speak your truth. Do not compromise and do not surrender to the administration's excuses, much less glorification, of sadism and human cruelty. No, “Alligator Alcatraz” is not funny. It is sick and it is inhumane. It is not hyperbole to call it a modern internment camp, and the savage conditions described by those who have been inside the facility are merciless. What is happening in America today is barbaric.To those who say “Well, this is what we voted for,” I do not believe that. I know good people who voted for Trump, and I don't believe that in their hearts they thought they were voting for human cruelty, or masked goons disappearing people, or any of the trauma or terror that our government is now inflicting on innocent men, women and children.I think many of those who voted for Trump do not know what is actually happening, because many of his voters who I've spoken to, when I show them evidence of certain things, make comments like, “Well that wouldn't be right.” And I've realized that our opponent here is algorithms. Their algorithms are so different than ours - we're not just seeing different content, we're being shown different universes. Greedy, sociopathic elements in our society have fostered those differences. Media and social media giants who could care less about providing an honest, objective presentation of facts, and care only about their already multibillion dollar profits, will one day be looked back on as some of the biggest villians in this story. At the end of all this we will have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and it will be a doozy.Others who voted for Trump were simply reacting in anger to a system that had failed them, and had the Democratic party responded to their despair in more fundamental ways - universal health care, a guaranteed living wage, repealing the 2017 tax cut when we had the chance, increasing access to higher education and tech school - the rise of a political strongman would have been far less likely. As it is, the political elite in America chose to ignore every lesson in history and allow this scourge to fester. The Republican party lost its mind over the last few years, but it didn't help that Democrats lost their spine.The institutions we have lived our entire lives thinking would protect us from any enemies of democracy have either fallen, or been deeply compromised. The message of history is now this: “American people: over to you.” I know in my heart we have what it takes to rise to the occasion, to handle this moment, and to save our dying democracy. In the words of Winston Churchill, "Never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”That's our charge today. This isn't an easy time, in fact it's heartbreaking and infuriating. But dark chapters challenged our ancestors too, and they responded with strength and courage. Now so must we. We are called to be deep and serious and mature and wise, and all those things we were born to be. I have no doubt in my mind that we have it in us. The choice whether to become the people we need to be, in order to do the things we need to do, is up to each of us.It's an inside job. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.transformarticles.com/subscribe
Țările care derapează de la normele statului de drept ar urma să piardă miliarde de euro în anii următori. Comisia Europeană este pregătită să strângă șurubul, odată cu noul buget multianual. Ungaria ar fi prima afectată, dar nu numai. Planul de cheltuieli al UE pentru perioada 2028-2034, care urmează să fie publicat în această săptămână, va extinde legătura dintre plăți și regresul democratic, potrivit unui document consultat de Politico. Această mișcare este probabil să exacerbeze tensiunile dintre Comisie și prim-ministrul ungar Viktor Orbán, care se confruntă cu perspectiva foarte reală de a pierde puterea după 15 ani, în urma alegerilor programate pentru 2026. El a avut o relație turbulentă cu factorii de decizie din UE și cu guvernele partenere, care au criticat ceea ce acestea consideră a fi politici favorabile Rusiei și regimurilor autoritare. Pe de o parte, UE a luat măsuri împotriva Ungariei și a reținut deja o parte din finanțare. De partea sa, Orbán a pus probleme amenințând că va bloca eforturile europene de a sancționa Moscova. În aceste condiții, următorul buget va conține un sistem de condiționalitate simplificat și armonizat pentru toate fondurile UE alocate statelor membre, conform documentului văzut de publicația europeană. Citeste siSimion pentru V. Orban: aliat sau extremist Aceasta vine după ce mai multe țări ale UE au susținut întărirea legăturii dintre statul de drept și finanțare în documentele lor prezentate Comisiei înainte de propunerea de buget. Ungaria, însă, a replicat în propriul document că aceste reguli „permit exercitarea unei presiuni politice arbitrare în domenii care nu au legătură cu protejarea bugetului Uniunii”. Slovacia, care a fost, de asemenea, criticată din cauza problemelor legate de statul de drept, a reiterat aceste argumente în propria sa declarație. Ungaria a pierdut deja 18 miliarde de euro din finanțarea europeană, din cauza încălcărilor legislației comunitare. Conform planului actual, bugetul ar conține o legătură directă între încălcarea statului de drept de către un guvern și plata aferentă. Aceasta înseamnă că, deși subvențiile pentru fermieri vor rămâne, programele de schimburi de studenți ar putea avea de suferit. De exemplu, dacă există încălcări ale libertății academice. Comisia dorește ca banii să continue să ajungă la beneficiarii finanțării UE - cum ar fi ONG-urile sau universitățile, în ceea ce se numește ”condiționare inteligentă”. Ideea generală este că societatea civilă nu ar trebui să suporte povara greșelilor unui lider. După publicarea sa, guvernele vor începe negocierile între ele privind un text final - dar acesta este un proces îndelungat care nu se așteaptă să se încheie până în 2027. Și este posibil ca, până atunci, Viktor Orbán nici să nu se mai afle la putere. Ascultați rubrica ”Eurocronica”, cu Ovidiu Nahoi, în fiecare zi, de luni până vineri, de la 8.45 și în reluare duminica, de la 15.00, numai la RFI România
Fresh off its award-winning run in Europe, Democracy Noir arrives in the United States as a very timely documentary film about how Viktor Orbán politically reshaped Hungary. It paints an incisive portrait of how Orbán used a free and democratic election to install authoritarian rule, enjoying widespread approval from Hungarian nationalists as well as from conservatives around the world inclined to his illiberal views. He changed the constitution, took over the courts and the media, and dismantled the rule of law. Admired by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban's influence helped shape Project 2025 and the current policies of the Republican Party. Democracy Noir tells this story through the activism of its three subjects: opposition politician Timea Szabo, journalist Babett Oroszi, and nurse Nikoletta (Niko) Antal. It details how unchecked power can quickly remove rights that once were taken for granted, and it shows how three women come to terms with their country's unravelling social and cultural landscape. Studying the recent history of another country whose political trajectory mirrors your own can bring clarity to your situation. Join us to view, and then to discuss, this example of an increasingly emboldened far right political party and the rise of autocratic politicians around the world. A Humanities Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums. Documentary image and post courtesy Clarity Films; Field photo courtesy the speaker. OrganizerGeorge HammondNotes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The documentary film Democracy Noir tells the story of three brave women who confront the policies and corruption of Hungary's autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Thema: Kraftprobe mit Ungarns Ministerpräsidenten Viktor Orbán
Die Pride-Demonstration in Ungarn ist vorbei, aber der politische Nachhall bleibt. Was bedeutet es, wenn Hunderttausende auf die Straße gehen – nicht nur für LGBTQ-Rechte, sondern für Freiheit und gegen Überwachung? Stellt dies einen gefährlichen Moment für die Regierung von Viktor Orbán dar?
Una gigantesca marea humana desafía en Budapest a Viktor Orbán 2024, otro año nefasto para la selva amazónica Magia e imprevisibilidad del arte hiperrealista Eric Trump sugiere la idea de fundar una dinastía política Pimpinela desplegará una vez más su pasión y su humor sobre los escenarios españoles
Viktor Orbán got his behind handed to him when trying to ban Budapest Pride and that makes us very happy! In TWISH we learn about Attila Pataky who can not only sing but has also repeatedly been abducted by aliens – maybe they just like his music? Then, it's time for the news:EUROPE: Current heat wave in Europe set to ‘kill 4500 people in the next three days'SLOVAKIA: Government official and antivaxxer Peter Kotlár's paper condemned by Slovakian Academy of SciencesDENMARK: Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own featuresUK: Weight-loss jabs potentially harmful?FRANCE: ‘A supermarket for sexual predators': abuse scandal at French Catholic boarding schoolUS / EUROPE: Are people being denied entry to US for contents critical towards Trump administration?For Who's Quacking? this week we have UK spreader of deadly nonsens, Kate Shemirani.Enjoy!https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-486.htmlSegments:0:00:27 Intro0:00:51 Greetings0:07:15 TWISH0:14:56 News0:46:27 Who's Quacking?0:51:39 Quote0:53:18 Outro0:54:41 Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gościem najnowszej Melliny jest dziennikarz Dariusz Rosiak autor Raportu o stanie świata. Jednego z najpopularniejszych programów w polskim internecie. Rosiak mówi m.in. o przyczynach konfliktu Izraela z Iranem, wpływu Ameryki na świat, dokonuje też analizy zachowania Donalda Trumpa, który może wydawać się nierozsądny - choć to bardzo przemyślana strategia. Rosiak ocenia też polskich dziennikarzy, którzy niemal włączyli się w kampanię prezydencką w Polsce "jeżeli uczestniczycie w kampanii jednego z polityków to nie jesteście dziennikarzami" - mówił w rozmowie z Marcinem Mellerem.
This year's Budapest Pride was banned in March under the Orbán government's contentious “child protection” law. Demonstrators were threatened with hefty fines for participating, and the government said it would employ facial-recognition technology to identify and potentially prosecute those who turned out to take part at the march on 28 June. Did the ban work? Not in the slightest. In fact, more people than ever in the 30-year history of Budapest Pride showed up to celebrate their rights as LGBTQ+ human beings. The massive Pride march brought a glimmer of hope to some Hungarian citizens, including this week's guest, writer Krisztián Marton. We spoke with Krisztián about the lead-up to the event, the thrill of being on the ground last Saturday, and what might be next for Hungary, now that Viktor Orbán finally has a formidable challenger in Péter Magyar. We also chatted with Dominic's husband, Thomas Lamers, a philosopher and dramaturg who hit the streets for us, mic in hand. (Thanks, Thomas, we owe you!) Krisztián Marton is a screenwriter and novelist. You can follow him on Instagram here and read an excerpt in English of his Margó Prize-nominated novel Crybaby here. You can donate to Thomas's fundraiser to pay some of the fines that may be incurred by Pride attendees here. This podcast was brought to you in cooperation with Euranet Plus, the leading radio network for EU news. But it's contributions from listeners that truly make it all possible—we could not do it without you. If you like what we do, you can chip in to help us cover our production costs at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (in many different currencies!), or you can gift a donation to a superfan. We'd also love it if you could tell two friends about this podcast. We think two feels like a reasonable number. This week's Inspiration Station recommendations: the recent episode of Zakia Sewell's Radio 6 series Dream Time, “Solstice selections…with Zakia,” and the Ukrainian band The Sixsters, winners of the European Emerging Bands Contest. 00:00:46 A sweltering hello and a tick PSA 00:03:44 Bad Week: Venetians overrun by billionaire wedding 00:11:45 Good Week: Owners of Danish faces (and their copyrights) 00:21:13 Interview: Thomas Lamers on Budapest Pride and Krisztián Marton on the present and future for LGBTQ+ people in Hungary 00:49:57 The Inspiration Station: the BBC Radio 6 Dream Time episode “Solstice selections…with Zakia” and the Ukrainian band The Sixsters. 00:53:12 Happy Ending: Cannes caps cruise-ship tourism Producers: Morgan Childs and Wojciech Oleksiak Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina YouTube | Bluesky | Instagram | Mastodon | hello@europeanspodcast.com
Gay Pride à Budapest : une démonstration de force face à Viktor Orbán À Venise, le mariage de Jeff Bezos attise la colère des habitants Marine Le Pen peine à officialiser son héritier politique Raphaël Glucksmann esquisse une ambition présidentielle pour 2027 Aix-en-Provence célèbre son maître Paul Cézanne
Premiér Maďarska Viktor Orbán kritizoval Evropskou komisi kvůli podpoře zakázaného pochodu hrdosti v Budapešti. Vměšují se europoslanci svou podporou Budapest Pride do jeho vnitrostátních věcí? „Orbán je pořád odstřelováni z Bruselu, protože zastává jiný názor,“ hájí ho v pořadu Pro a proti europoslankyně Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (ANO). „Maďarsko jako člen Unie musí dodržovat právo na shromažďování,“ míní europoslankyně Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Progresivní Slovensko).
Een verboden Pride die tóch doorging en leidde tot de grootste Hongaarse demonstratie sinds de val van het communisme. Redacteur Mark Middel zag in Boedapest scheuren ontstaan in de jarenlange politieke aanval van de Hongaarse premier Viktor Orbán op lhbti'ers.Gast: Mark MiddelPresentatie: Bram EndedijkRedactie: Iddo HavingaMontage: Gal Tsadok-HaiEindredactie: Anna Korterink & Tessa ColenCoördinatie: Belle BraakhekkeProductie: Andrea HuntjensHeb je vragen, suggesties of ideeën over onze journalistiek? Mail dan naar onze redactie via podcast@nrc.nl.Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
During this terrible time of queer and trans erasure, finding a moment to laugh can be another form of protest - especially when the source of the laughter is from an all trans male comedy troupe called Big Dad Energy. The ringmaster behind the group is actor/astrologer/comedian Marval A Rex, whose conversation about its origins after their recent West Hollywood Pride performance at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theater takes a surprising “star turn” (interviewed by Jason Jenn). And in NewsWrap: Hungarians turn out by the hundreds of thousands in defiance of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to march in Budapest's LGBTQ Pride Parade, 75 men and a woman are arrested in a raid on a “gay party” in Indonesia, India's transgender women are “legally entitled” to recognition as women according to a landmark ruling issued by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, the U.S. Supreme Court allows parents to “shield” their public-school children from LGBTQ-inclusive material that does not align with their faiths, another U.S. top court ruling upholds key provisions of the Affordable Care Act requiring private health insurance companies to cover the pre-exposure prophylaxis medication known as PrEP, a “guerrilla theatre” Pride Month concert organized by queer-supportive U.S. senators reoccupies the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and more international LGBTQ+ news reported this week by Melanie Keller and Nathalie Munoz (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the June 30, 2025 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/
Este 28 de junio estaba marcado en rojo en el calendario. En muchas ciudades europeas se celebraba el Día del Orgullo LGTBIQ+, y todos los ojos estaban puestos en Budapest, la capital de Hungría, donde el gobierno del ultraderechista Viktor Orban había prohibido la manifestación. Ese veto ha conseguido el efecto contrario al que pretendía, porque la manifestación del orgullo de Budapest ha sido la más multitudinaria que se recuerda en 30 años, convirtiéndola, sin duda, en un hecho histórico. Con Marta Borraz, enviada especial de elDiario.es a Hungría, revivimos esta jornada tan especial en la que cientos de miles de personas desafiaron a su Gobierno para reivindicar los derechos civiles de un colectivo cuyas libertades se han ido recortando en los últimos años. *** Envíanos una nota de voz por Whatsapp contándonos alguna historia que conozcas o algún sonido que tengas cerca y que te llame la atención. Lo importante es que sea algo que tenga que ver contigo. Guárdanos en la agenda como “Un tema Al día”. El número es el 699 518 743See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
durée : 00:10:29 - Journal de 18h - Contre "l'internationale réactionnaire", la marche des fiertés pour la défense des droits LGBT+ s'est élancée en début d'après-midi à Paris et en Hongrie, où des milliers de personnes ont défilé malgré la récente interdiction du gouvernement nationaliste de Viktor Orban.
durée : 00:10:29 - Journal de 18h - Contre "l'internationale réactionnaire", la marche des fiertés pour la défense des droits LGBT+ s'est élancée en début d'après-midi à Paris et en Hongrie, où des milliers de personnes ont défilé malgré la récente interdiction du gouvernement nationaliste de Viktor Orban.
En 2025, hay países que condenan con pena de muerte o cadena perpetua las relaciones homosexuales. Pero hay países en los que aunque no sea ilegal, tener una una orientación sexual diferente de la que consideran natural implica tener que pagar un precio muy alto en el día a día. Pero del otro lado, el matrimonio igualitario es legal en 37 países miembros de las Naciones Unidas. Y cada año se suman más.Vamos a hablar de ello, de la prohibición de Viktor Orban en Hungría para la celebración de la manifestacion del orgullo y de las dificultades que tienen las personas que necesitan pedir asilo por este motivo.Hablaremos de la situación en la Cisjordania ocupada con los ataques de los colonos que se están incrementando. Estaremos en Washington para analizar la decisión de la corte suprema de Estados Unidos que supone un triunfo para Donald Trump. También hablaremos de los proyectos que Manos Unidas tiene en África y de cómo las bandas criminales en Colombia reclutan a niños cada vez más jóvenes. Escuchar audio
Roderic O'Gorman, Green Party leader, discusses his trip to the banned Budapest Pride march.
Brusel a európska dvadsaťsedmička zažili slovensko-maďarskú blokádu. Robert Fico dal nohy do dverí pri novom balíku protiruských sankcií, Viktor Orbán zas pri prijímaní Ukrajiny do Európskej únie.Únia čelí nejednote. A okrem sankcií voči Rusku či pri únijných ambíciách Ukrajiny aj pri postoji k Izraelu a jeho prípadnému trestaniu za prístup ku Gaze.Čo je za tým? A čo robí prístup Roberta Fica s reputáciou krajiny? Témy pre Pavla Štrbu, zahraničnopolitického redaktora Aktualít.„Je to reputačný problém a rozprávajú o tom lídri EÚ, aj v minulosti. Hovorí sa o modeli, ktorý nazývajú Európska únia mínus dva, pričom tou dvojkou sú Slovensko a Maďarsko“, vysvetľuje Štrba.Podcast pripravil Jaroslav Barborák.
All eyes are on Budapest this weekend, where the annual Pride march has been banned by Hungarian authorities, citing laws against so-called “LGBTQ propaganda”. But the parade is going ahead anyway on Saturday, and so are the politics.Among those attending is MEP Daniel Freund, who has long criticised Viktor Orbán's government for its attacks on democracy, civil society, and LGBTQ rights. In this episode, we speak to him about the proposed Transparency of Public Life law, the ban, what's at stake for Hungary and the EU, and is Brussels finally ready to get serious?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.
Since Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office in late January, he has let loose with a flurry of executive orders, purges of government workers, takeovers of semi-independent organizations, and defunding of numerous organizations and causes. The administration has faced setbacks in courts, with judges challenging and contradicting its actions. But what happens if Trump openly defies a judge? What happens if he ignores a Supreme Court ruling? Join us for a timely conversation on Trump and the judiciary with Jeff Bleich, former U.S. ambassador and advisor to President Barack Obama and a visiting scholar at Stanford, and David Chiu, city attorney of San Francisco. Bleich argues that Trump could be following the path blazed by autocrats Vladimir Putin and Victor Orban by seeking to strip courts of powers and then purge the judiciary. The result, unprecedented in the United States, would be an executive branch untethered to the rule of law. For his part, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu has made headlines for his legal challenges to some of President Trump's executive orders and other actions. Chiu's office has been involved with several successful lawsuits against the administration, including cases challenging the firing of tens of thousands of federal workers and cutting of funding for homelessness over DEI issues. How will judges respond? What can Congress do? What can you do? Find out when Jeff Bleich and David Chiu joins us for a very important program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Anna Gat is a political intellectual, so we talk some politics, e.g. on how things have changed for the worse in her native country of Hungary, why she thinks that a certain nerdy subset of American conservatives seems to have a raging hard-on for the country and its leader Viktor Orban, and what lessons it all holds for the potential of authoritarianism in the US. Mostly, though, we talk about InterIntellect, which is the company she created that hosts intellectual salons, both in person and online, and about what she's learned from starting and running the company about the art of facilitating good conversation. This is how Anna makes her bread, and so she has a deep investment, and deep expertise, in making her salons enjoyable and satisfying to people. She's thought a lot about it. She's iterated a lot. She has wisdom and insight that most other people don't have. And I found it fascinating.Hope you do too. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danieloppenheimer.substack.com/subscribe
Millions of people in more than a hundred countries march at Pride festivities each year. Attendees come mostly to express support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender, queer and intersex people — the LGBTQI+ community. And although Pride may be on every continent, there's a swathe of countries where Pride still is not freely celebrated. Take Russia, where a court last decade issued a one-hundred-year ban on Pride events. Or Turkey, where police in recent years have been harassing, attacking and detaining activists and members of the LGBTQ+ community. And then there's Hungary, which is inside the EU but out of step with its laws and values. This year Hungary's illiberal prime minister Viktor Orbán said he intended to stop Pride in the capital Budapest, on the pretext of child-protection. Under-18s are supposedly at risk from so-called displays of homosexuality, displays that themselves were banned four years ago. That's a direct echo of Russia's anti-LGBT statute on Protecting Children and Traditional Family Values signed into law by Vladimir Putin more than a decade ago. This month Hungarian police duly imposed the Budapest ban that Orbán called for. And they added a dystopian touch: facial recognition technology. Attendees identified at Budapest Pride could face fines of 500 euros; they also could face neofascist thugs from far-right splinter groups. But Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony says this year's event is going ahead this weekend just the same. After all, Budapest has had Pride marches for the best part of three decades. It's also worth recalling that Pride was born out of state repression. The first marches were held in the early 70s in a handful of US cities to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. That name, Stonewall, comes from a bar, the Stonewall Inn, in New York City's Greenwich Village. The gay and transgender patrons of the Stonewall had grown sick of police harassment and abuse, and their uprising in 1969 still marks a key moment for civil rights movements everywhere. One beneficiary of such hard-won victories is Marc Angel, one of five so-called Quaestors at the European Parliament overseeing matters affecting the chamber's 705 members. Marc is a Socialist from Luxembourg and also co-president of the European Parliament's intergroup on LGBTIQ+ rights. For him, this weekend's Budapest Pride events amount to a protest — a protest against bogus limits on freedom of assembly in Hungary, and a protest against an international anti-gender movement, backed by Russia, supported by US ultraconservatives, and aimed at polarizing societies and weakening democracy.Support the show
What happens when a lifetime of political loyalty no longer feels like enough? Deborah Burgess, scholar and education leader, takes us on a deeply personal journey from dedicated Democrat to politically unaffiliated voter during one of America's most turbulent political eras.The decision didn't come easily. After returning from six years in China where she helped build educational opportunities for children with disabilities, Deborah committed herself to Democratic Party activism. She worked tirelessly as a volunteer, house district captain, and eventually secretary, believing in the power of civic engagement. But something changed after watching how Democrats responded—or failed to respond—to aggressive political tactics from the right."Democrats are too quiet," Deborah explains with characteristic frankness. "They sit back and let stuff fly." Drawing on her background as a judo champion, she compares the current political climate to a match where "Democrats are getting choked and they're not fighting." This observation comes from someone who's seen the political landscape from multiple angles and continents.Our conversation explores the realities of voter suppression targeting Black and Brown communities, the alarming parallels between America's current situation and Hungary under Viktor Orbán, and the rise of Christian nationalism. We discuss how traditional Democratic messaging fails to resonate with younger generations and the importance of staying politically engaged even when party affiliation no longer feels right.Deborah offers practical action items for concerned citizens: familiarize yourself with the Constitution, diversify your information sources, watch corporate media critically, and engage at the local level. Most importantly, she urges listeners to think independently and draw their own conclusions rather than accepting singular narratives.Ready to rethink what political engagement means in today's America? Listen now, and join us for future conversations with Debra about DEI misconceptions and why more African Americans are considering leaving the US. Subscribe, leave a review, and visit shitwedonttalkaboutpodcast.com for an accessibility transcript and more resources.About Deborah Burgess:Deborah has 21 years of university teaching experience including teaching in Beijing, China at the University of Colorado Denver's Global Campus for six years. This was a tremendous experience teaching students courses in Business and Professional Speaking, Public Speaking, and Essential Communication in a Global Society. Additionally Deborah has consulting/training experience working domestically for non-profits, federal, state and private industry in Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Gender and Communication and Appropriate Business Communication in Corporate Settings. Deborah conducted training classes at Beijing Foreign Studies University in China teaching mid-level executives of China Construction Bank and China Southern Airlines skills/tools in the American Mass Media and Communication. Her belief is: “I'm not a teacher, but an awakener.” ~ Robert FrostFind Mia On Social Media here. Listen and subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify
Han var Europas yngsta premiärminister som skulle leda Ungern mot Nato och EU, men som med åren blev unionens stora huvudvärk. Nya avsnitt från P3 ID hittar du först i Sveriges Radio Play. Den ungerske premiärministern Viktor Orbán (f 1963) är den europeiske ledare som suttit längst på sin post. Som ung gjorde sig Viktor Orbán känd som en fotbollstokig liberal rebell med ambitionen att stå upp mot Sovjetunionen. Under åren har han förändrats och på senare år har han kallats Europas nya diktator. 62-årige Viktor Orbán har under sina senaste femton år vid makten avreglerat Ungerns kontrollmekanismer, tagit kontroll över landets medier och fört landet i konservativ och nationalistisk riktning. – Han har gått från att ha varit ursprungligen en liberal motståndsfigur till att bli normalhöger till radikalhöger och hela tiden hittar nya knappar att trycka på, säger Joakim Medin, journalist och författare till boken ”Orbánistan: Rädsla och avsky i det illiberala Ungern” I P3 ID om Viktor Orbán följer får vi både följa en politikers resa från ungdomsåren till bråken med EU och hur världen och Europa har förändrats under 1900-talet. I avsnittet medverkar: Joakim Medin, journalist och författareAnnika Ström Melin, journalist och författareKlara Lindström, analytiker vid Centrum för Östeuropa studier vid Utrikespolitiska institutet.Programledare och producent: Vendela LundbergAvsnittsförfattare och reporter: Carl-Johan UlvenäsTekniker: Fredrik NilssonAvsnittet gjordes våren 2025 av produktionsbolaget DIST.I researchen har böckerna Orbán - Eruopes New Strongman av Paul Levai, Orbánistan : Rädsla och avsky i det illiberala Ungern av Joakim Medin och Världen sedan 1989 av Annika Ström Melin varit till stor hjälp. Ljudklipp i programmen är hämtade från: SVT, SR, AP, The Guardian, Bloomberg, CPAC, Channel 4, DW News, Tucker Carlson, BBC, MSNBC,
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