For our final pod on Hungary I finally got to let loose on the gullible western "intellectuals" pushing the embarrassingly biased government-aligned polls, and I didn't even mention the pathetic sharing of the most obvious fake news about Magyar.
I remembered because I did the exact same thing at some point, so now I have the government formation period stuck in my head more clearly than Claudia’s birthday.
Nothing like some Monday morning pedantry to start the week
Would say Austria in part because it tends to be forgotten, but wasn’t that technically in 1999?
My colleague Ábel Bede from the Hungarian Observer and I had a great conversation with @242news.bsky.social, covering a lot of ground, from the final days of the campaign to MCC and the connections between the Hungarian and American far right. 🎙️🇭🇺
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Thanks, that’s nice to hear
Talking my own cast here but we’ve been talking about basically all of this since the start of the year: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Under European rules this call to pause the fiscal rules means that within two weeks someone has to propose a new European fund to finance “investment” in whatever is related to the current crisis.
🔊Final 242.news Hungary election podcast out! Ábel Bede and @gabrielagreilinger.com join Tim G. Jones and
@pbergsen.bsky.social for a state of play before Sunday's crucial election.
Go to ...
bit.ly/242podcast
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bit.ly/spotify242pod
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Highly recommend checking out their writing on Hungary (after listening to the podcast obvs)
hungarianobserver.substack.com
Our final foreign interference in the Hungarian election is up. We speak to @gabrielagreilinger.com and Ábel Bede of the excellent Hungarian Observer substack on topics ranging from why Fidesz is losing support to its influence abroad, including MAGA world
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Back in January we did a similar episode on Orbán, focussing on his interesting political journey. open.substack.com/pub/twentyfo...
One week to go until the election in Hungary so about time we spoke to a biographer of Orban’s challenger, Peter Magyar. There’s more there than just a disgruntled former Fidesz insider, but he’s also clearly not the pro-EU liberal some seem to be hoping for.
@242news.bsky.social has done a great podcast series on the Hungarian election over the last few weeks, with stellar guests such as @kimlanelaw.bsky.social, @zecsaky.bsky.social, András Pethö, Stefano Bottoni, and others.
Give it a listen if you're interested. ⬇️
Thanks!
Highly recommend
All the cool kids are now talking about Hungary ahead of the election in two weeks but we’ve been doing that for ages (3 months)! This week we had László Andor on the podcast to talk about Orbán and the EU and a bit on the economic conditions that allowed his rise and now potentially his fall.
🔊Podcast: "Hungary would probably be hit harder than many others" - @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones discuss Trump's energy-price gift to Viktor Orbán, Hungary's dire economy, the latest polls, and a vicious anti-Ukraine campaign.
twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/hungary-wo...
🔊Podcast: “Hungary is trailing behind Russia by 10 years” - Márton Schlanger of pollster Republikon joins @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones to discuss what the polls are telling us five weeks before Hungary's election day: bit.ly/3OXWIzt
🔊Podcast: Tim G. Jones, @pbergsen.bsky.social, Bill Farren-Price and @simontaylor71.bsky.social discuss 🇺🇦🇷🇴 energy dispute, Péter Magyar’s increasing poll advantage, fears of election delay, Viktor Orbán’s miscalculations around “Peak Trump”, and the EU’s wilful inertia.
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Nou mogen we van die dictators in Brussel zelfs niet meer ons eten roeren met onze eigen koptelefoons!
Now that everyone is paying attention to Hungary thanks to Orbán’s threats to EU Ukraine policy, an obviously cynical campaign ploy, it’s another good moment to remind everyone we’ve been talking about the election and scenarios such as these for the last two months. This is our latest episode:
Finally some juicy stuff to talk about this week: a sex tape scandal and speculating how the election could be stolen, and some drama for the nerds in our discussion on the Hungarian central bank
Likewise, I really enjoyed the conversation. Thanks so much for having me on, @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim!
Enjoyed discussing the European implications of the Hungarian election with @zecsaky.bsky.social and her explaining to me why in several cases I don't quite get it
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🔊New Podcast out! “Trump hasn't been the boon to Orbán that many expected”
@zecsaky.bsky.social from @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social on the European impact of Hungary's election on the Twenty-Four Two podcast with @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones.
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🔊Podcast: “People are waiting for change, so there is a huge expectation”
Hungarian 'red baron' Gábor Bojár explains why liberals should use Péter Magyar's to topple Viktor Orbán on the Twenty-Four Two Podcast. with @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones.
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That's fair, would've been good to discuss political interference more broadly anyway because it doesn't just happen in Hungary
Given Trump’s heavy handed attempts to control the Fed, we thought it would be a good time to do a podcast on how the Hungarian government went about taking control of its central bank a decade ago with a former deputy governor who was at the MNB at the time open.substack.com/pub/twentyfo...
Biggest lie of the day must be him claiming to "actually like Emmanuel Macron"