Six months after last spring’s parliamentary elections in Hungary, which aimed to renew the 199 seats of the National Assembly and appoint the new head of government, PromethEUs revisits this political turning point through the eyes of Attila K., an economics student. With hindsight, this interview offers a balanced look at the post-election landscape and the defeat of Viktor Orbán by the pro-European Péter Magyar.
PromethEUs offers a discussion on the driving forces behind this political shift: the impact of inflation on daily life, fatigue with corruption, and the choice of re-anchoring within Europe rather than growing closer to Moscow. In a context where nearly €20 billion in EU funds had been frozen by Brussels over rule-of-law breaches, and where Budapest until recently blocked an aid package of €60 to €70 billion for Ukraine, this exchange sheds light on the expectations of young people, the reshaping of the media landscape, and the necessary institutional safeguards within the European Union.
Confronted with the military escalation in the Middle East and Washington's strategic decoupling, the European Union finds itself at a critical turning point. In this interview with PromethEUs, Lieutenant Commander Guillaume Bucherer, desk officer at the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces (Military International Relations Division - EU Bureau), analyzes the internal fault lines among the 27, the realistic risks of the conflict expanding, and the urgent need for Europe to break free from its dependencies to build its own industrial and military sovereignty.
The formation, negotiation, and final adoption of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum (2020-2024) represent a pivotal moment in the history of European integration, marking the shift from a normative approach based on harmonization and mandatory solidarity to a pragmatic, security-oriented, and flexible approach, dictated by the political necessity of containing the rise of populist and nationalist forces. This report, based on an exhaustive analysis of legislative texts, political declarations, and institutional dynamics, demonstrates that the Pact's architecture is intrinsically a response to the red lines drawn by illiberal governments (Visegrád Group) and influential far-right parties within key Member States, such as Italy, France, and Germany.
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