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Fighting a Bleak Future? — Hungary’s Response to Demographic Challenges

In recent decades, Europe has faced many challenges, one of which is the demographic crisis. The ageing and declining population, labour shortages and emigration pose a major challenge for almost all European countries. The importance of demographic trends cannot be…
Children at the renewed Children’s Traffic Park in Budapest’s City Park on the day of the inauguration on 10 May 2024

Asia Times Lauds ‘Hungary’s demographic exceptionalism’

In a recent analysis by Asia Times looking at the effect of government family subsidy programmes on increased fertility rates, Hungary is cited as ’one of the world’s few demographic success stories.’…
mother baby

Family-Centric Thinking Against Global Population Decline

‘In the East, the communist worldview largely rejected the nuclear family unit, seeing it rather as an economic unit that ideologically furthered capitalist interests. In the West, a notion emerged in the latter twentieth century that largely views prioritizing family…
Young mothers wait to weigh their children on 14 February 2018, at the maternity centre in Boali, which has no running water, and only one doctor. In Central Africa, one in 24 children dies during its first month of life, the second worst neonatal death rate in the world, according to a report released by UNICEF

Africa’s Demographic Challenges

‘The main reason why Africa has barely been affected by the demographic transition is to be found in its historical circumstances. The continent only joined the capitalist world system in the mid-to-late nineteenth century—the latest of all the important global…

House Speaker László Kövér Calls 2012–2022 ‘One of the Best Decades in Hungarian History’

During his lecture at the Rákóczi Association’s All-Hungarian University Students’ Camp, Speaker László Kövér told the audience that even the Coronavirus pandemic did not hinder Hungary’s success in ‘cultural life, in defence policy, and in national policy’ in the years…
Mihály Munkácsy, Study on Maternal Instinct, The Nurse (1885). Private collection

Conservative Attempts to Boost Fertility Rates in Poland

‘By initiating crucial policy frameworks and achieving tangible successes in alleviating child poverty, the [Polish] government set a precedent for future administrations to consider holistic strategies that would extend beyond immediate demographic calculation, fostering instead a resilient and inclusive society…
Two families by Mihály Munkácsy (1877). Private Collection

Results of Hungary’s Family Policy over the Past Thirteen Years

The fact that our measures have a good reputation internationally, and the Hungarian model serves as a model for several countries, is a reason for confidence. Many people are interested in Hungarian solutions, both inside and outside Europe, and even…

Demographic and Economic Challenges in Europe

The majority of the EU tries to alleviate the demographic and labour market challenges by promoting digitalization, increasing the activity of the over-65 age group and pushing back the retirement age, as well as employing foreign workers. Hungary, however, chose…
Workers in helmets at a construction site (illustration).

Government’s CSOK Expansion Set to Help Housing Market, Raise Birth Rates

High interest rates have taken a toll on the Hungarian housing market, as they have in virtually every country. The expanded CSOK programme by the Orbán administration can do a lot to revitalize the market, all the while incentivizing child…
Government spokesperson Alexandra Szentkirályi and Chief of the PM's Office Gergely Gulyás on their way to the government press briefing on 13 September 2023.

Gulyás: Government May Extend Ban on Ukrainian Grain if EC Fails to Act

At an extraordinary government press briefing on Wednesday, chief of the PM’s Office Gergely Gulyás said the government may impose a ban on Ukrainian grain imports after 15 September within its own competence if the EC fails to act….

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