A fractured opposition helped deliver a parliamentary super majority to Europe’s longest serving leader despite position on Ukraine.
- Professor in International Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
The surprise winner of the opposition primaries does not align himself with any political party.
While eastern European countries are quick to offer aid to Belarusians, this only highlights their harsh approach to refugees from the Middle East.
A new anti-LGBTQ+ law in Hungary is populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s tactic for securing support ahead of elections.
The government now has the power to do whatever it deems necessary to manage the crisis, effectively for an unlimited period of time.
As Syrian forces bombard the opposition enclave of Idlib, Turkey lacks an ongoing strategy.
After years of tensions over northern Syria, the US and Turkey have agreed to establish safe zones. Why now?
Viktor Orban is extremely opposed to taking asylum applications, unless they come from his friends.
The proudly illiberal leader is forging new alliances ahead of European elections next year.
Hungary is to begin detaining asylum seekers in camps made of shipping containers.
In the wake of Paris and the Russian jet incident, Europe is facing the mother of all challenges over security and refugees. Where does it go from here?
Budapest’s main train station has been reopened to refugees – but Hungary’s hateful politics of fear are only getting harsher.
The official Turkish policy is that it doesn’t accept asylum applications from outside Europe. The Syrian refugee crisis forced this to change. It led the Turkish authorities to implement, in their words…
Many papers are full of the latest population figures suggesting that the number of Romanians and Bulgarians arriving in the UK to work has increased by a third over the past year. This is almost universally…
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