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Liberals Ruined It, Patriots Will Fix It — Great Reset: Hungarian–Polish Push to Change EU

‘The current course [of the EU] leads straight to disintegration,’ Balázs Orbán pointed out in his keynote address at an event at Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) in Budapest, focusing on the recently published joint report by MCC and the Polish…

‘Let’s put the sovereignty of Member States at the core of the EU’ — An Interview with Rodrigo Ballester

‘The starting point is that the European Union is facing a deep crisis, more than ever, because it’s increasingly bureaucratic, increasingly centralized, increasingly authoritarian, and less and less competitive….And since sooner or later you will have a reform of the…

MEGA Before It Was Cool — How Hungary’s Presidency Shapes EU’s Future

Hungarian EU presidency, under the slogan ‘Make Europe Great Again’, offered real solutions to the challenges the European Union faces. Nearly three months into 2025, Danube Institute and the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs organized a conference to analyse the…

Rodrigo Ballester on the Risk of Misinterpretation: How Western Criticism Shapes Georgia’s Stability

Rodrigo Ballester, Head of the European Studies Workshop at Mathias Corvinus Collegium, shared his perspective on the recent parliamentary elections in Georgia in a recent interview with Hungarian Conservative. Among other issues, he discussed the role of Western narratives, which…

Rule of Law Conference at Danube Institute Wraps Up in Budapest

Day 2 of the Rule of Law as Lawfare Conference featured speeches by István Stumpf, a former justice on the Constitutional Court of Hungary, Aleksander Stępkowski, Supreme Court of Poland justice, and Dr Reinhard Merkel, law professor at Universität Hamburg….

Guarding the Gates of Europe — MCC Hosts Panel Discussion on Migration

Fabrice Leggeri, the ‘guest of honour’ at the event, who served as the director of Frontex from 2015 to 2022 opined that the European Union as a rule attempts to dissuade member states from defending their own borders….

MCC Summit on Education Taking Place in Budapest

The event featured insightful and fascinating discussions on the possible revival of classical education, the dangers of political activism in the classroom, and the perils of the use of artificial intelligence in teaching….

Hungary Is Under Siege for Protecting Minors

Rodrigo Ballester of MCC Budapest warns that we should expect even stronger pressure on gender issues from the EU in the near future. This case underscores the importance of paying close attention to the fine print of EU contracts, as…

Rodrigo Ballester: The Hungarian Vision of the EU Is Closer to the Original Idea

Rodrigo Ballester, head of the Centre of European Studies at MCC, talked to Hungarian Conservative about the dangers of echo chambers, big tech cannibalising content, and the risks of EU institutions overregulating the press….

Balázs Orbán: ‘Media is a Question of National Sovereignty’ – Day 1 of MCC’s The Future of Publishing Conference

The overarching topic of the day was the changing media landscape in the digital age. However, speakers also tackled the issue of the left-wing bias in mainstream media today….

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