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                <language>en</language><item><title>Hungary | Orbán makes an exhibition of himself (SME, Bratislava)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1487771-orban-makes-exhibition-himself</link><description><![CDATA[Asserting national values is central to the political project of the Hungarian PM. Since the start of the year, fifteen paintings, specially commissioned for an exhibition in the Castle of Buda, have been putting this ambition on show. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/orban-paintings.jpg" length="149905" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:02:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Protests against far-right theatre director</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1473021-protests-against-far-right-theatre-director</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Anti-fascist protest disrupted by counter demonstration,&rdquo; headlines the daily N&eacute;pszava in the wake of incidents that marked a demonstration involving several thousand people, who gathered [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:33:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Underground Europe | Cartoon (Cicero, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1447071-underground-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Underground Europe (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/Mohr-hungary-UE-490.jpg" length="53539" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:03:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Central Europe | Vienna-Budapest, a journey into the past (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1432681-vienna-budapest-journey-past</link><description><![CDATA[Heirs to the Hapsburg Empire, Austria and Hungary have something else in common: an ambiguous relationship with history and a tendency to tolerate political excesses. Ten years after European sanctions against Vienna, why does the Budapest seem to be stuck in the 1930s? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/orban-30s.jpg" length="154365" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:34:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Orbán revolution goes bust (Respekt, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1420471-orban-revolution-goes-bust</link><description><![CDATA[Leading a country heavily in debt, under pressure from the IMF and threatened with prosecution by the EU, the Hungarian Prime Minister is now facing an organised opposition. Feeling poorer every day, Hungarians have lost their faith in the PM&#039;s nationalist prescriptions. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/budapest-sale.jpg" length="30527" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:29:15 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary-EU | Viktor Orbán dodges MEPs questions</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1414811-viktor-orban-dodges-meps-questions</link><description><![CDATA[Invited  to respond to questions from MEPs meeting in Strasbourg on 18 January,  the Hungarian Prime Minister pledged to change controversial legislation  [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/nepszava-100.jpg" length="39953" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:06:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Viktator | Cartoon (Sega, Sofia)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1410001-viktator</link><description><![CDATA[Viktator (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/christo-orban-490.jpg" length="78411" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:39:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary-EU | Brussels starts power struggle with Orbán</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1409941-brussels-starts-power-struggle-orban</link><description><![CDATA[After quibbling for several weeks, the European Commission launched three legal actions against the Hungarian government. But who will back down first – Budapest or Brussels? The Hungarian press is not expecting any great changes. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/Orban.jpg" length="97711" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:39:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Brussels launches "Operation Dump Orbán" (Népszabadság, Budapest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1388001-brussels-launches-operation-dump-orban</link><description><![CDATA[By threatening Budapest with financial sanctions and infringement proceedings if the Hungarian government fails to change its policies on the economy and the judiciary, the EU seems to have begun a process that would allow it to get rid of Hungary’s Prime Minister, as it got rid of Berlusconi and Papandreou. But it won’t be that easy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/orban-barroso.jpg" length="36634" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:38:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | The ogre of Budapest | Cartoon (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1375231-ogre-budapest</link><description><![CDATA[The ogre of Budapest (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/HORSCH_Orban-490.jpg" length="51578" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:35:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Viktor Orbán gives his side of story</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1374201-viktor-orban-gives-his-side-story</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Orb&aacute;n: &#039;now is the time to consolidate,&#039;&quot; headlines Magyar H&iacute;rlap, which like most Hungarian newspapers, has devoted its front page to the interview accorded by [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/MagyarHirlap-01092012-v.jpg" length="12204" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:21:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Orbán increasingly isolated (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1365471-orban-increasingly-isolated</link><description><![CDATA[The reinforcement of the executive branch of government and the weakening of checks and balances has been criticised by newspapers in Hungary and elsewhere in Europe at a moment when the country has been struck by a financial crisis that is steadily worsening as investors lose confidence in Budapest. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/orban-.jpg" length="47016" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:09:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Orbán and our values | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/1365631-orban-and-our-values</link><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s  becoming a habit. A year after protests were raised over legislation  strengthening government control over the media, the Hungarian  government of Viktor Orb&aacute;n is again stirring up controversy in Europe.  What has prompted the controversy is the entry into force of the  country&#039;s new constitution, which comes just as the executive is  amending the statutes of the Central Bank and reforming the electoral  system, and as an opposition radio station is having its broadcasting  frequency taken away. 
As  one year ago, while voices demanding sanctions against the  authoritarian Viktor Orb&aacute;n are growing, EU leaders have abstained from  taking a stand. The Commission is &ldquo;studying&quot; the situation, and only a  few MEPs are calling for a response from the European Union.
However,  should Hungary be punished the way Austria was punished in 2000, when  J&ouml;rg Haider&rsquo;s far-right party entered the government? At that time  Vienna&rsquo;s fourteen partners broke off all bilateral contact and withdrew  their support for Austrian candidates for positions in international  organisations. But these measures were lifted after nine months, without  having forced Chancellor Wolfgang Sch&uuml;ssel to bow to the pressure.  Austria&rsquo;s extreme right stayed in the government until 2007.
Hungary  poses a thorny problem. In many ways, the system that has been  established &ndash; it can only be called a package of measures to promote the  power of Fidesz, Orb&aacute;n&#039;s party &ndash; strikes at the values underlying  European integration.
The  organised weakening of all the opposition forces, the cosying up to  Jobbik, a far-right party that has its own militia, and the escalation  of nationalism among the Hungarian minorities in other EU countries are  sufficient reasons to call Budapest back into line.
However,  respect for values and conformity should not be confused with  consensus. Several elements of Viktor Orb&aacute;n&rsquo;s programme can be  contested, condemned and fought, but they do fall within a range of  political positions to be found in all European countries. The desire to  retain political control over monetary policy, for example, is not the  prerogative of Fidesz, and the role of the central bank is even at the  heart of the discussions on the eurozone crisis.
The reference to God in  the constitution, the rejection of homosexual marriage or the  possibility of restricting the right to abortion are conservative  positions; yet the first is found in Greece, the second in France (for  example) and the third in Ireland, Malta and Poland.
If  Europe wishes to keep Orb&aacute;n&rsquo;s Hungary within the European democratic  ambit, it should not mistake its target or its method. If it does, it  risks being drawn into two dangerous processes. The first would be to  sanction Budapest with grand speeches and then have to backpedal, as was  the case with Austria, or be forced to engage in an uncertain process  of exclusion. 
The  second would be to set up a system of double standards by sanctioning  Hungary for its government&rsquo;s political stances, when other states are  equally likely to be singled out. As reactionary as it was, Poland under  the Kaczyński brothers was never ostracised by the EU.
The  fact that Hungary is a linguistic and cultural island in the middle of  Europe reinforces the dangerous dialectic between its tendency to see  itself as a besieged fortress and the miscomprehension of its  neighbours, who do not grasp all the terms of its internal debates. All  the more reason for Europe to be vigilant, firm on its principles, but  clear and measured in its actions.
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:28:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Orbán is the product of a fraught history (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1360941-orban-product-fraught-history</link><description><![CDATA[To understand the current Hungarian government’s withdrawal into nationalism and identity, one must look back into the history of the country, argues an expert in Hungarian literature: particularly into the fragility of its bourgeoisie and the frustrations born of military defeats. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/orban-painting.jpg" length="39375" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:36:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Hungary is our business too (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1355601-hungary-our-business-too</link><description><![CDATA[The EU should not remain indifferent to PM Viktor Orbán’s drift towards authoritarian nationalism. As a community based on democratic as well as economic values, it ought to exert pressure on Budapest to keep the Hungarian government on the right path, argues Le Monde. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/cibel-hungary.jpg" length="33083" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:48:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Let us deal with Orbán (Heti Világgazdaság, Budapest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1351841-let-us-deal-orban</link><description><![CDATA[Protests against the Hungarian prime minister, accused of a drift towards authoritarianism, are growing in Budapest. But while the international community is also starting to respond, the protests must avoid relying on foreign intervention, argues philosopher Gáspár Miklós Tamás. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Budapest01022012.jpg" length="46182" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:58:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Magyar peril | Cartoon (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1346751-magyar-peril</link><description><![CDATA[Magyar peril (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/Plantu-Hongrie-490.jpg" length="97175" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:07:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | The fragile ambitions of Magyar capitalism (Magyar Narancs, Budapest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1320591-fragile-ambitions-magyar-capitalism</link><description><![CDATA[The suspension of negotiations with the IMF and the EU over the issue of the independence of the central bank has demonstrated that Viktor Orbán’s government also intends to apply its “national revolution” to the economy. However, economist Miklós Sebők argues that the basis for this policy is erroneous. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Magyar-capitalism.jpg" length="34895" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:00:08 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Tug of war over media law</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1315041-tug-war-over-media-law</link><description><![CDATA[Hungary&#039;s recently passed media law is unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court ruled on December 19. The court &quot;rejected several provisions, including an article obliging journalists to [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:20:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | IMF and EU slam door on Hungary</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1306161-imf-and-eu-slam-door-hungary</link><description><![CDATA[Negotiations turned short, on December 16, when the International Monetary Fund and the European Union suspended talks with Hungary over a financial aid package requested [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:38:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Hungary's diplomatic zigzags</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1277421-hungary-s-diplomatic-zigzags</link><description><![CDATA[On  the morning of &nbsp;9 December, Hungary was the only other EU&nbsp;country to follow the  United Kingdom in its outright refusal to back [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:46:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Central Europe | Hungary's bitter reunion with the IMF (Magyar Nemzet, Budapest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1215531-hungary-s-bitter-reunion-imf</link><description><![CDATA[Financially weakened, Budapest has requested assistance from the International Monetary Fund, as part of a deal to be negotiated between now and January 2012. The Hungarian press wonders if the move amounts to an admission of failure on the part of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, or if it has resulted from a cabal against his independence policy? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/kazanevsky-imf.jpg" length="29244" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:39:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | IMF or Orbán: what will it be?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1180181-imf-or-orban-what-will-it-be</link><description><![CDATA[At the start of the week Standard &amp; Poor&#039;s placed Hungary&rsquo;s sovereign debt on &ldquo;negative watch&rdquo;. The decision provoked an immediate reaction from Prime Minister [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:07:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Refuseniks and problem cases of the non-eurozone (Respekt, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1154301-refuseniks-and-problem-cases-non-eurozone</link><description><![CDATA[As the eurozone crisis deepens, the countries outside of it are trying to come up with ways not to lose control of their destinies inside the EU. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/MAYK-euro-respekt_0.jpg" length="59391" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:15:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | They forget about growth (Les Echos, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1113691-they-forget-about-growth</link><description><![CDATA[The agreement reached by the seventeen states of the eurozone is leaving out one crucial issue: growth. Two problems therefore remain unresolved: the lack of a common macroeconomic policy and the divisions between the member countries. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/factory-shoe.jpg" length="47463" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:00:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Facebook group takes to streets of Budapest</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1090321-facebook-group-takes-streets-budapest</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;We don&#039;t like the regime&quot; protesters shouted on Sunday, October 23 in the Hungarian capital during the biggest anti-government protest organised since Viktor Orb&aacute;n became [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Nepszabadsag-24102011-100.jpg" length="43522" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:08:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Czech Republic | Banks battening down the hatches</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1044561-banks-battening-down-hatches</link><description><![CDATA[Confronted with a euro crisis that is not going away, a leading Austrian bank has decided to act. &quot;Erste Bank is getting ready for the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Presse-11102011-100.jpg" length="39153" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:30:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Trade unions on front line against Orbán</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1016861-trade-unions-front-line-against-orban</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Solidarnosc Hungarian style,&quot; writes centre-left Hungarian daily N&eacute;pszabads&aacute;g, following a demonstration of 50,000 people in Budapest. Labelled D-Day, in reference to the Normandy landings of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/nepzabadsag-03112011-100.jpg" length="41781" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:53:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria-Hungary | Budapest accused of fleecing Austrian banks</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/943721-budapest-accused-fleecing-austrian-banks</link><description><![CDATA[The  appreciation of the Swiss Franc threatens relations between Austria and  Hungary. &ldquo;Expropriation of banks: Vienna files a suit against  Budapest,&rdquo; announces [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Der-Standard-13092011-100.jpg" length="38187" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:01:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania | A Marshall plan for crisis-hit countries</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/845841-marshall-plan-crisis-hit-countries</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;New Marshall plan offers fresh chance,&quot; announces an enthusiastic Adevărul, in the wake of a European Commission decision to reduce the level of national government [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/adevarul-09082011-100.JPG" length="39865" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:13:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Ukraine | The invasive generosity of Budapest and Bucharest</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/837251-invasive-generosity-budapest-and-bucharest</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Kiev is beginning to have serious problems with its neighbours,&rdquo; writes the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta, reporting on Ukraine&rsquo;s annoyance with the granting of passports [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:41:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | The Beijing model (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/834851-beijing-model</link><description><![CDATA[Victor Orban&#039;s controversial media law entered fully into force in July. After one month, the upshot is: mass layoffs of critical journalists and the allegation that the head of government is forcing the public media to toe his own line, making his regime ever more authoritarian. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Hungary-medias-law.jpg" length="119321" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:50:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Mini-Marshall Plan "unfair and divisive"</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/825131-mini-marshall-plan-unfair-and-divisive</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;EU Marshall Plan encourages bankrupts,&rdquo; complains the front page of DGP, which reports on a European Commission plan to increase EU funding for farming, regional [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Dziennik-02082011-100.jpg" length="29933" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:55:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | All's well | Cartoon (Népszabadság, Budapest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/775071-all-s-well</link><description><![CDATA[All's well (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/Marabu-hongrie-490.jpg" length="113191" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:22:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Hungarian Constitution under scrutiny</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/703251-hungarian-constitution-under-scrutiny</link><description><![CDATA[After putting Hungary&rsquo;s press and media law on the hot seat, the European parliament is now focusing on the country&rsquo;s new constitution. Although Hungarian daily [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/nepszabadsag09062011-100.jpg" length="42400" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:32:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Royalty will save democracy (Le Temps, Geneva)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/638951-royalty-will-save-democracy</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of the British royal wedding, perhaps the most successful PR achieved by a monarchy in two decades, essayist Ian Buruma argues that monarchies keep countries together, put a lid on ethnic conflicts and dampen down populism. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/netherlands-royalty.jpg" length="35431" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 17:02:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Labour market | Work in Germany? Yes, maybe (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/626561-work-germany-yes-maybe</link><description><![CDATA[On 1 May, the doors will open wide for Poles, Czechs and other eastern Europeans now free to work in Germany. But no one expects a stampede. Quite the opposite: German companies will have to woo the new guest workers ardently and assiduously. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/work-solar.jpg" length="30066" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:38:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Unworthy of ourselves (De Morgen, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/613771-unworthy-ourselves</link><description><![CDATA[What is the source of the obnoxious atmosphere sweeping across Europe? At a time when populations are more and more inward looking and political leaders irresponsible, Europe is increasingly a cause for scandal. A Belgian columnist sets the record straight. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/krauze-class.jpg" length="35986" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:02:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Ideas | Brussels isn&#039;t the centre of the universe (Die Welt, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/611991-brussels-isnt-centre-universe</link><description><![CDATA[The Hungarian government and the Finnish electorate have demonstrated a desire to break with the European consensus. One of the reasons for this crisis could well be that member states are constantly told that there is absolutely no alternative to the European project. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/europe-center-universe.jpg" length="95243" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:07:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Orbán&#039;s constitution, a dangerous anachronism (Népszabadság, Budapest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/607371-orbans-constitution-dangerous-anachronism</link><description><![CDATA[The new Hungarian constitution approved by parliament on 18 April amounts to a milestone in the &quot;national revolution&quot; undertaken by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. However, the daily Népszabadság argues that it recycles 19th century ideas which are a danger to the country. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Hungary-new-constitution.jpg" length="106583" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:32:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | A constitution that worries Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/607101-constitution-worries-europe</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;God and country, the pride of the nation of ethnic Hungarians, the state defined as a &lsquo;national essence&rsquo; and not as a republic, less power [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:01:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Vote on controversial new constitution</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/603841-vote-controversial-new-constitution</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Blessed by parliament,&rdquo; headlines Heti Vil&aacute;ggazdas&aacute;. Reporting on the run-up to the 18 April vote on Hungary&rsquo;s new constitution, the Budapest weekly explains that the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/hgv-18042011.jpg" length="44399" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:52:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Roma hunting season set to continue (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/586961-roma-hunting-season-set-continue</link><description><![CDATA[At a time when the EU has called on member states to make greater efforts to integrate Roma living on their territories, Viktor Orbán’s government, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union, continues to turn a blind eye to the ongoing campaign to intimidate &quot;Gypsy criminals&quot; conducted by far-right Magyar groups. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/roma-hungary.jpg" length="126296" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:45:46 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Central Europe | The wilted charms of the euro (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/583111-wilted-charms-euro</link><description><![CDATA[Europe’s sovereign debt crisis has dampened enthusiasm for the single currency in most of the countries of Central Europe. Today, only the Baltic States are still eager to join the Eurozone, writes &quot;Rzeczpospolita&quot;. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/AREND_euro.jpg" length="89802" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:48:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Orbán's plan to re-revolutionise Hungary (Týždeň, Bratislava)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/580541-orban-s-plan-re-revolutionise-hungary</link><description><![CDATA[On March 15, Hungarians commemorated their Revolution of 1848. This year, however, the image of the historical revolutionary Kossuth has faded into the background behind that of the current Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Hungary-protest.jpg" length="152724" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:06:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Europact | What's in it for Eastern Europe? (Adevărul, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/572781-what-s-it-eastern-europe</link><description><![CDATA[The EU’s 27 member states have adopted a pact for the euro that will provide a collective guarantee for the single currency. However, a former Romanian diplomat argues that Brussels will still have to find the courage and the means to implement it. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/euro_4.jpg" length="75120" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:28:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hongrie | Press freedom is the secret of liberty</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/552361-press-freedom-secret-liberty</link><description><![CDATA[According to the N&eacute;pszabads&aacute;g headline, the anniversary of the start of the 1848 revolution on 15 March, was a &ldquo;celebration that warns against diktats.&rdquo;  [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Nepszabadsag-03162011-100.jpg" length="43525" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:35:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Budapest bows to pressure on media law</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/534861-budapest-bows-pressure-media-law</link><description><![CDATA[Hungarian parliamentarians have finally responded to three months of pressure from Europe by &quot;modifying the law&quot; on the media, reports Nepszabads&aacute;g.  On 7 March, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Nepszabadsag-08032011-100.jpg" length="45057" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:36:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Slovakia-Hungary | Proposal for dual nationality</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/508351-proposal-dual-nationality</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Dual nationality, but only following a stay of more than one year, five years of study, or marriage,&rdquo; SME reports on the Slovak proposals for [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110218sme.jpg" length="7520" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:48:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary | Budapest folds on controversial media law</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/506461-budapest-folds-controversial-media-law</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The media law will be modified&rdquo;, leads N&eacute;pszabads&aacute;g following the decision of Viktor Orb&aacute;n&rsquo;s government to amend this controversial text that entered into force in [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Nepszabadsag-100.JPG" length="28986" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:00:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
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