Viktor Orbán
EU faces uphill battle to pass new Russia sanctions
Brussels wants to cut the flow of cash to Moscow — but Hungary and Slovakia are poised to hold up the proposals.
Beer-soaked nationalist rally in rural France turns into Marine Le Pen love-fest
Poland’s Sikorski: Nationalist election win won’t derail fight against Russia
Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ rules breach EU law, top court adviser says
Right wing toasts Nawrocki while European leaders offer cautious congratulations
Between a smack and a hard place — Poland votes, Orbán provokes, and Brussels shows its teeth
Paris and Berlin join EU calls for crackdown on Hungary over pride ban
Romanian wild card George Simion sets Brussels’ nerves on edge
The presidential front-runner’s hostility to Ukraine is creating a rift with fellow European conservatives.
Hungary stands to lose more EU funds under possible budget rule changes
Brussels is looking into ways to link budget payouts more tightly with rule of law, according to Commissioner Michael McGrath.
Orbán’s Fidesz party proposes Russia-style crackdown on Hungary’s civil society
The new bill fits into a pattern of democratic backsliding for the Central European country.
Fico shakes Putin’s hand as Russia’s war victory parade kicks off
Slovak PM is the only EU leader to attend Red Square festivities.
EU gears up for fight with Russian energy holdouts
Brussels will soon tell Hungary and Slovakia to stop dealing with Moscow — whether they like it or not. But the EU’s enforcement plan is fuzzier.
Europe’s final plan to quit Russian energy: Enlist wary execs
The EU will make its pitch Tuesday, searching for momentum as sanctions stall, the U.S. equivocates and some eye a Russian fuel return.
Orbán’s man in Brussels stalls Russian energy exit plan
Hungary’s EU commissioner is hindering the plan’s quick approval on Tuesday, despite obligations to act independently from Viktor Orbán’s Russia-friendly policies.
The winners and losers from Europe’s largest party’s big bash
With the dust settling on the EPP congress, we take a look at who’s up and who’s down in the EU’s most powerful grouping.
The billionaire who wants to Make France Great Again
Pierre-Édouard Stérin is hoping to use his financial firepower to remold French politics in line with his conservative ideals.
Sacraments and side-chats: Pope’s funeral overshadowed by Trump dealmaking
Emotional tributes to the popular Pope Francis came amid a diplomatic scramble to meet with the U.S. president.
Hungary on EU watchlist over surveillance at Pride
Budapest has opened the door to using AI facial recognition to identify LGBTQ+ protestors.
US lifts sanctions against key Orbán ally accused of corruption
Penalties against Antal Rogan were “inconsistent with U.S. foreign policy interests,” says a spokesperson for top American diplomat Marco Rubio.
EU countries push to Orbán-proof Russia sanctions
Hungary’s veto power could become meaningless under plans being drawn up by a group of capitals.
EU must condemn Hungary for ICC exit, Palestinian Oscar-winning director says
Filmmaker Basel Adra also says Brussels should impose fresh sanctions on Israeli settlers violating international law.
‘FREE MARINE LE PEN!’ Trump lodges defense of convicted French far-right icon
U.S. president says the embezzlement case on which France’s right-wing figurehead was found guilty sounds “like a ‘bookkeeping’ error to me.”
Trump tariffs put Europe’s far-right leaders in a bind
MAGA’s biggest cheerleaders struggle to justify “Make America Wealthy Again” measures.
Trump: Le Pen’s exclusion from French election is ‘a very big deal’
It is “concerning” when people are barred from politics, U.S. State Department says.
Marine Le Pen’s allies in Russia and Hungary lash out at guilty verdict
French court ruling blocks far-right figurehead from 2027 presidential run, stoking conservative outrage around Europe.
The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says
Friedrich Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from Hungary, according to a document seen by POLITICO.