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A Habsburg Archduke on Mexico’s Throne – Part I

Mexico and Hungary are connected not only by their similar flag colours, or their shared love for hot and spicy food. Their histories also intersected multiple times, one example being when a Habsburg archduke briefly ruled the Latin American nation….

Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom Gets Massive Win in Dutch Elections

The populist right-wing PVV party, known for its anti-immigration and Eurosceptic stances, won by far the most seats in the Dutch House of Representatives, 37, and got the largest share of the popular vote, 23.5 per cent, as well in…
Gyula Tellér accepting the Széchenyi Prize in 2015. Behind him are President János Áder, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and House Speaker László Kövér (L-R).

In Memoriam Gyula Tellér — An Obituary by Balázs Fekete

‘For Gyula Tellér, humanity, nation, education, and critical thinking were the core values. First and foremost, he believed in humanity, as well as in civilization and its achievement. He believed in the human being as an individual who is able…

The Problem with Contemporary Liberalism

‘The term “liberal” was undoubtedly originally associated with the aristocratic spirit of freedom and generosity (in Latin: liberalitas), which, recognizing a natural hierarchy among individual beings, finds diversity welcome and does not desire to make things equal in all circumstances….

‘A lot of my conservative friends in the US now look to Hungary as a blueprint’ — An Interview with Brent Buchanan of Cygnal Polling & Analytics

‘I think that’s why the European Commission does not take the approach with Eurobarometer that the Hungarian government is taking with the National Consultations—because they would realize that Europeans are more supportive of centre-right policies than they would want to…

Conflict and Moderation

It takes courage to see which situations and expectations the conservative should reject. And it takes courage to say ‘no’. The dilemma of when courage is appropriate and when moderation is needed is not logically insolvable. In the words of…

Regions Working with the Central Government, Meeting the Needs of Local Communities: ECR’s Recipe for Prosperity

According to the European Conservative Reformist Party, similarly to what the Hungarian government advocates, what Europe needs is not a federalist dogma, but sovereign nation states taking into consideration the peculiar needs and characters of regions and communities, for the…
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Some Thoughts on the Critique of ‘Mass Politics’ by Michael Oakeshott

Oakshott’s individualism differed from the individualism of liberalism, which rejects traditions. Oakeshott assumed that individuality can only be created in some context, and that freedom can only be enjoyed in order. It is not the acceptance of authority, but the…
Prof Jesse Merriam

‘In the EU and the USA, Those In Power Tend to Invoke the Rule of Law as a Weapon’ — An Interview with Prof. Jesse Merriam

‘One of the most dangerous trends we are seeing in the West is the increasing deployment of the rule of law for instrumental political ends. We are seeing this in the European Union, just as we are seeing it used…

The Impossibility of Utopia — Attila Károly Molnár: Idealists and Realists

‘If a society is exhausted in immanence, if people are not aware of the finitude of their own life, knowledge, and power, and if every goal of the person, the state, and politics is directed towards material interests, then the…

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