‘The report highlights Europe’s growing strategic weakness relative to Asia and the United States, pointing to persistent failures in innovation, a deep aversion to risk, and a regulatory mindset…According to the report, the heavy emphasis on procurement rules and compliance does not foster the technological breakthroughs required for modern warfare.’
‘We are not lovers of liberty in any pure sense whatsoever. The Covid pandemic revealed that we are a nation of tutters, conformists, and curtain twitchers…’
At the Fonódások book launch in Budapest, two roundtable discussions brought together couples featured in the volume to reflect on marriage, cultural identity and the values that Roma Hungarian families pass on to the next generation.
‘Modern conservatism will never produce another Buckley. The current climate is too hostile to showy intellectualism and the media too fractured for any one man…to dominate the conversation.’
At a joint press conference in Serbia, PM Viktor Orbán of Hungary and President Aleksandar Vučić of Serbia emphasized deepening energy cooperation, including the accelerated construction of the Hungary–Serbia oil pipeline. Vučić thanked Hungary for its steady political support as Serbia navigates energy challenges tied to sanctions.
Andrej Protić, a senior Serbian security expert, warns that Europe’s drug threat is entering a dangerous new phase. Speaking to Hungarian Conservative, he said illegal migration and trafficking networks remain intertwined, but the real fault line now runs between Western harm-reduction models and Eastern zero-tolerance approaches—reflecting a deeper value divide.
Young Hungarians consider the flag, the Anthem, the coat of arms, and the Holy Crown the most important national symbols, with the Anthem seen as the strongest expression of national sentiment. Rural youth place more emotional weight on the anthem, while views on the Holy Crown vary widely by age, gender, and location, according to a new survey by the MCC Youth Research Institute.
At the MCC Budapest Summit on the Global Drug Epidemic, sociologist Ashley Frawley explained to Hungarian Conservative how woke ideology and the elevation of emotion over meaning have weakened resilience in Western societies. She argues this psychologized worldview drives people toward self-medication and dependence on drugs.
‘Biden basically engaged in a punitive relationship with Hungary for his whole term. He was vindictive, he misused his power to hurt Hungary. And there was really nothing we could do about it, except for bringing the interests of Hungary into the American conservative movement. I think we actually changed the nature of American discourse about Hungary.’
Hungary can still stop the spread of the drug trade if it sharply reduces access to narcotics, government commissioner László Horváth said on public radio, warning that Western Europe’s liberal policies have failed and that zero tolerance remains necessary.