🇭🇺 Please allow me to add a few thoughts about the future of #Hungary after the fateful election on April 12.
🇵🇱 Reflecting in the meanders of the Polish way to democratic front-sliding. #Poland
➡️ Link: revdem.ceu.edu/2026/04/21/m...
Amen ⬇️
Not only did Polish allies of Orbán believe till the last moment that he was winning the election, but also their leader repeated fake news in a live interview about a puppy microwaved by Magyar...
Don't play with disinfo, kids, don't try it at home...
#Poland #Hungary
youtube.com/shorts/UB26V...
I believe there is a possibility to join online, so hopefully there will be a recording!
#Hungary 2026: Elections, Institutions, Participation 🇭🇺
Join us on site in #Budapest or online wherever you are for a workshop on campaigns and information environments, rules, enforcement and litigation, and participation, representation and mobilisation ⬇️
www.reconstitution.eu/news/news-de...
The result of Hungarian election sends shockwaves around the world, including Poland.
For example, where will 'political refugees' find a safe heaven now, once the friendly Orban regime has gone...?
#sorrynotsorry #Poland #Hungary
For context: verfassungsblog.de/ziobros-asyl...
Hungarians head to the polls 🇭🇺
Viktor Orban has been in power since 2010. This time, a real challenger emerged. At @tvpworld.bsky.social I shared a few thoughts on this truly historical election, important not only for #Hungary but also #Europe and beyond.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=feje...
You know things are not going in a good direction when sociology becomes the enemy.
It rings a bell, at least to me...
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
🏁 This is the home stretch!
Today on radio @tokfm.bsky.social we spoke about JD Vance and his visit to Hungary, a gesture of support for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán 🇭🇺
Will this help tip the scales?
Tune in here (PL) audycje.tokfm.pl/podcast/1908...
It was also an incredible experience! A huge thank you to @bpb.de for the invitation to contribute to this project!
💥 And now the entire Playbook mini-series is available online! 💥
➡️ www.bpb.de/mediathek/po...
If you're looking for positive stories in these turbulent times, join us on a journey through Europe and beyond in search of the resilience of our democracies.
Available in German 🇩🇪
🗣️ Join us for this event in #Budapest! 🇭🇺
We will discuss the election results as well as their domestic and international repercussions. Potential lessons learnt and parallels with other democratically back- and front-sliding countries will be of particular focus.
Register here ⬇️
You can apply if you:
➡️ are a German or Polish citizen aged 24 – 35 years;
➡️ are interested in shaping your professional career in civil society, public institutions, business, media or the cultural sector;
➡️ have a strong interest in bilateral and European cooperation;
➡️ are fluent in English.
🇩🇪 Achtung/Uwaga 🇵🇱
Dialog Most – Polish German Young Professionals Programme
For the 35th anniversary of the German-Polish Treaty of Good Neighbourship, Dialog Most offers a dynamic, interdisciplinary, and future-oriented exchange format to boost bilateral relations in the European context!
What about media independence and cognitive resilience? What about the rise of radical parties and threats to the judiciary? How resilient is our democracy?
We spoke with Maximilian Steinbeis of @verfassungsblog.de Leonard Novy and @paulinafroehlich.bsky.social @bertelsmannst.bsky.social
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⭐️ A quick tip for the weekend: in the last episode of our Playbook-podcast, we are returning to #Germany and look what can we learn from the stories featured on the show?
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On a positive note: the Supreme Administrative Court ruled that EU law requires Polish civil status registers to record same-sex marriages concluded abroad. #Poland.
kph.org.pl/en/the-supre...
What was hoped to be a breakthrough in curbing rule of law breaches in the EU, crumbles under its politicised use. A sad development indeed. Water on the mill and music to the ears of both autocrats in spe and autocrats in residence.
💥 Episode 5 of The Playbook has landed! 💥
We are travelling back to #Hungary, #Poland and the #USA to see how autocrats undermine academic and artistic freedom.
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Listen here (in DE): www.bpb.de/mediathek/po...
Meanwhile... the fourth episode of our Playbook podcast is here! 💥
This time, we discuss civil society: the power of mobilisation, moral courage, and the role of control mechanisms in protecting it. We visit Serbia, Slovakia, and Iran.
➡️ www.bpb.de/mediathek/po...
In Tutzing today, at the famous Akademie für Politische Bildung, joining the meeting about threats to judicial independence.
I will be speaking about social and cultural factors of rule of law resilience.
Thank you @verfassungsblog.de for invitation!
💬 Weekend tip: the third episode of our podcast is out, this time about the role of the media and media literacy for rule of law resilience.
Starring #Hungary 🇭🇺, #Austria 🇦🇹, #Estonia 🇪🇪
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Available at (in 🇩🇪): www.bpb.de/mediathek/po...
And THIS, on top of everything.... 🤦♀️
Too little, too late, but that is the only good news we have in this tragic case..
As some commentators point out, lawmakers should also face consequences for this completely avoidable death. #Poland
A short read while you are enjoying your Saturday morning coffee: about the relationship between #Poland and #Germany in the current geopolitical situation, what unites us and what still comes between us.
The article is available at dziennik.pl (in 🇵🇱): wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/a...
📢 Diese Woche erscheint die zweite Folge unseres Podcasts: Wer manipuliert Wahlen? Was sind die Methoden?
Wir reisen nach #Rumänien, #Frankreich und #Georgien und zeigen, wie in demokratische Wahlprozesse eingegriffen wird und welche Gegenstrategien wirken.
➡️ www.bpb.de/mediathek/po...
Powered by @stiftungmercator.bsky.social & @democracyreporting.bsky.social & @reconeurope.bsky.social
📆 Event website: democracy-reporting.org/en/office/EU...
🎤 Registration on-site in Berlin: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
🖥️ Registration to join a webinar: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
