Hungary First

By Olivier Bault for the Visegrad Post Explaining the reasons why his country cannot accept an embargo on Russian oil, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said: “It is not a question of lack of political will, it is not a question of intention, it is not a question of duration, …

Fighting LGBT in Poland

By Olivier Bault for the Visegrad Post Poland – A new law has just been passed by the Polish parliament to allow the authorities to expel the LGBT lobby and gender ideologues from the country’s schools. Dubbed “Lex Czarnek” in reference to its initiator, Education Minister Przemysław Czarnek, the law …

Democracy v The Judiciary

By Olivier Bault for the Visegrad Post Poland – Parliamentary democracy in Poland defends itself against EU-supported judicial activism. As was to be expected, only two months after Poland’s parliamentary elections, which gave the United Right coalition led by the Law and Justice (PiS) social-conservative party a new majority in …