Prime Minister François Bayrou of France has lost the vote of no confidence he called on himself, with the motion passing 364–194, triggering the collapse of the government. He served for less than a year in office. The leader of the left-wing La France Insoumise party has also called on President Emmanuel Macron to resign.
Democrats and the mainstream press face mounting criticism after 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on a Charlotte train. While shocking footage of the attack emerged, national media coverage remained scarce—prompting Elon Musk, Piers Morgan, and Republicans to denounce the silence as politically motivated.
‘When asked which three areas the European Union should focus on most in the future in order to increase its global political influence, respondents highlighted security and defence policy cooperation, increasing European competitiveness, and achieving energy independence.’
At Fidesz’s annual political season opener in Kötcse, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that Western dominance is collapsing and only a new EU–Russia security deal can bring peace in Europe. He warned that Ukraine’s EU accession would mean war, sketched a vision of ‘circular Europe’, and outlined his party’s victory plan for the 2026 election.
In its ‘Beyond the Óperencia’ series, Magyar Krónika is looking at the meeting points of America and Hungary, and at Hungarians in America, from penniless peasants to political emigrants and soldiers of fortune. In this part, let us continue the story of Joseph Pulitzer, who intervened just in time when the American public and the press were almost on the brink of war.
‘I walked into the Garfield Scout House and enthusiastically presented my plans—singing, reciting poetry, reading, and analyzing short stories and poems. I was surprised at how excited the second- and third-generation youth became…They were genuinely interested because they had grown up hearing these stories.’
A recent piece by The Wall Street Journal points out that right-wing populist parties are leading the polls in all three of the largest European economies: Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement national in France, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the United Kingdom, and Alice Weidel’s Alternative für Deutschland in Germany. What is behind this phenomenon?
The mystery surrounding local elections in Germany’s North Rhine–Westphalia has deepened, with seven Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) candidates now confirmed dead shortly before the vote. While authorities insist there is no evidence of foul play, the unusual string of sudden deaths has fuelled speculation and placed extraordinary strain on election preparations ahead of the 14 September ballot.
‘For American and Hungarian conservatives, Louis Sarkozy should move from curiosity to priority. He marries a US-honed operating style with a surname that still opens doors from Budapest to Paris, and he is testing both in a consequential border city.’
Another AfD candidate has died ahead of NRW’s local elections—the fourth such case in recent months. Ralph Lange’s sudden death in Blomberg has fuelled speculation, after economist Stefan Homburg called the coincidences ‘statistically almost impossible’, a view amplified by Elon Musk.