Also, 70 % of Hungarians feel the country is not heading in the right direction.

Extraordinary news from #Hungary. Tisza vs. Fidesz: 51-36.

According to the latest Medián poll, published in HVG, Peter Magyar's Tisza party is leading with 51% of the vote among decided voters, while Orbán's Fidesz is lagging behind with 36%.

Budapest mayor says city will organise Budapest Pride, circumventing Orban's legislation The city of Budapest will organise Hungary's Pride march by the LGBTQ community on June 28 as a municipal event celebrating freedom, Budapest's liberal mayor said on Monday, in a move to circumvent a law that allows police to ban LGBTQ marches.

Read more: www.reuters.com/world/budape...

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Budapest will organise Hungary's Pride march on June 28 as a municipal event celebrating freedom. The move circumvents a recent law that allows police to ban LGBTQ marches. Since the march will be a municipal event, no permits from authorities are needed.

Nr. 5. It’s the economy, stupid: "If the Ukrainian energy threat materialises, Hungarian families' electricity bills will double and their heating bills will quadruple. We will not allow this to happen."

Nr. 4. The Trumpian peace mission: “We want peace. We don’t want a new Eastern front, so we don’t want Ukraine’s EU membership either”.

Nr. 3. Very official sounding: “EU support for Ukraine is just an excuse for Europe's war reorganisation. Let's not allow decisions to be made over our heads”

Nr. 2. Has the gangster-factor: “Gigantic cars, not very trustworthy-looking fellows. If Ukraine were a member of the EU, Ukrainian criminal gangs would be able to infiltrate Hungary unhindered. This must be prevented.”

Ukraine is the new Soros. Rating the Hungarian Prime Minister’s anti-Ukraine propaganda messages from the past few days. 🔽🧵

Nr. 1. Simple and straightforward: „Ukraine is a dangerous country”.

European editors sign petition opposing Hungary's move against foreign-funded groups Over 80 editors from leading European news outlets signed a petition calling for the scrapping of legislation in Hungary that aims to restrict foreign-funded media and rights groups, a step critics say is meant to stifle criticism of the government.

More on the new bill: www.reuters.com/world/europe...

A HVG főszerkesztője: Nem elégszünk meg a legkönnyebb megoldással, és senkitől meg nem riadunk A kör bezárult. Orbán Viktor az „átláthatósági” törvénnyel visszahívta az oroszokat Magyarországra. De a HVG-nek 2026 nem a végső összecsapás, csak egy évszám. Ez a május 22-én megjelenő hetilap hagyo...

A message from our editor-in-chief: m.hvg.hu/360/20250521...

New Russian-style law by the Hungarian government. New cover by us at HVG

European editors sign petition opposing Hungary's move against foreign-funded groups Over 80 editors from leading European news outlets signed a petition calling for the scrapping of legislation in Hungary that aims to restrict foreign-funded media and rights groups, a step critics say is meant to stifle criticism of the government.

Over 80 editors from leading European news outlets signed a petition calling for the scrapping of legislation in Hungary that aims to restrict foreign-funded media and rights groups, a step critics say is meant to stifle criticism of the government.

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Orbán plots revenge on Budapest bridge blockade protests Protesters against Hungary's new assembly laws, which would ban the annual Budapest Pride march, have been blocking the capital's iconic bridges for weeks. Now Viktor Orbán's government is planning to...

Budapest's bridges have always been symbolic sites of protest in the Hungarian capital. Now the government has come up with a plan to end what it calls "traffic disruption". My piece for the EUObserver.
euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

Legislation deluxe, Hungarian style:

Adopt a law that prevents people from assembling freely. When people protest against it, create another law to prevent protesters from blocking bridges in order to defend the rights of those who are not protesting.🤷‍♀️
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On the day Hungary left the ICC, and the Israeli PM visited Hungary, about 70 journalists were invited to the press conference of Benjamin Netanyahu and Viktor Orbán in Budapest. Guess how many questions were allowed in the press room?

None. Zero. Nil.

The procedure, in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework, will be initiated by the government on Thursday, he added.

‼️BREAKING: #Hungary quits the International Criminal Court, on the exact day Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC for war crimes & crimes against humanity, arrives in Budapest.

The move was announced by Gergely Gulyás, head of the PM's office.

The Hungarian Model MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary?
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Már törvénymódosítással is védi a hazatoloncolástól korrupcióval vádolt lengyel szövetségesét a kormány Nemcsak az Európai Unió, de a saját jogszabályait is figyelmen kívül hagyja Magyarország, amikor az európai elfogatóparancs ellenére december óta nem hajlandó bíró elé állítani a Magyarországra menekü...

My article on the new law, and what it will mean for any allies Hungary might give political asylum to: hvg.hu/360/20250331...

In other words, the government has found the legal solution how to protect its ally from being handed over to Polish authorities, and – at least in theory - still comply with EAW. But how it will resonate in Poland and the EU, remains to be seen.

Rest assured; the HU government has found a way to protect him. They passed a law that will give the Attorney General the possibility to appeal any decision of surrendering him to Poland, after which the Curia can reverse or overturn the decision of the lower court.

The Hungarian police and government claim that political asylum gives Romanowski protection, but in reality, it is only up to a judge to decide whether asylum can override the EAW. But without an arrest, the Polish politician will not stand before a judge.

Romanowski is under investigation in Poland for alleged misuse of public funds. Despite the European arrest warrant, Hungarian police have still not arrested him. This is clearly in breach of EU law.

❗SCOOP: Political asylum is not enough; Hungary has now changed its laws to protect former Polish deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski from being handed over to Polish authorities.

22 embassies in Hungary released a joint statement on the Hungarian legislation, restricting the right of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.

Note that for the first time, the U.S. Embassy in Budapest is not among the signatories.

„Pride today, everyone else tomorrow.”

Second protest in downtown Budapest in a week against the banning of Pride. This time, demonstrators blockaded Ferenciek tere, near Elizabeth bridge. Photo: Túry Gergely/HVG

Out of the six MPs, five are members of opposition party Momentum, while Ákos Hadházy is independent.

Kövér László rekordbírságot szabott ki a Momentumra, a képviselőiket is kitiltotta a parlamentből Összesen több mint 70 millió forintra büntette a házelnök a Pride betiltását lehetővé tevő és a gyülekezési jogot szűkítő fideszes törvényjavaslat megszavazása ellen tiltakozó momentumos politikusokat...

⛔️Speaker of the #Hungarian parliament imposed a record fine of 82 million HUF (180 000 EUR) on opposition MPs who lit up smoke flares in Parliament during the vote on the banning of Pride. The 6 MPs are also barred from entering Parliament until May.
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Here is the video footage of the event:
youtu.be/497zTF0XwmE?...