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Lessons From the Hungarian Opposition Primaries
Six Hungarian opposition parties from across the political spectrum held the country’s first national primary contest in order to choose the joint candidates who will take on the country’s long-serving and increasingly autocratic prime minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party in the next parliamentary elections in 2022. Andrea Virág, Director of strategy at Republikon Institute, presents key takeaways from the Hungarian opposition primaries.
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EU and Africa strengthen dialogue, imbued with democratic legitimacy
The European Union and Africa face common challenges in a shared responsibility. An African delegation, led by promising young people from Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Guinea Conakry, recently arrived from Brussels and alerted this correspondent to the essential role of Europe.
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Post-Afghanistan Transatlantic Self-Positioning
After 20 years of engagement in Afghanistan, the West has replaced the Taliban with the Taliban. This is the result of a multitude of misjudgments. Consequences must now be drawn from this, Dr Stefanie Babst demands.
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A New Vision for Europe: Where Should the EU Be Heading?
Budapest City Hall, Political Capital Institute and CEU Democracy Institute, the organizers of the inaugural Budapest Forum – Building Sustainable Democracies, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom have invited prominent politicians from the western and eastern part of Europe to discuss whether a compelling new vision for the European Union is possible that brings together the majority of its citizens and political forces.
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Resurgence of pandemic hoaxes crossing the line of decency and a skewed pro-Russian depiction of history - the last two weeks have been rich with disinformation narratives
The COVID-19 outbreak caused a global public health crisis, but unfortunately, its impacts go far beyond the health dimension. Since the beginning of the crisis, disinformation actors have played a key role in spreading disinformation and hoaxes, and have not hesitated to cross the boundaries of decency to generate as much chaos and uncertainty among the population as possible. In this respect, the past two weeks have been no different.
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Renew Europe becomes a strong French voice - Stéphane Séjourné takes over as leader of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament
French MEP Stéphane Séjourné was elected on Tuesday 19 October in Strasbourg as the new leader of Renew Europe, the third largest group in the European Parliament. This will increase French influence within Renew, which has a total of 23 French MEPs. Séjourné was already chair of the French delegation Renaissance within the liberal group and, as a former advisor to Emmanuel Macron in the Elysée Palace, is considered as his loyal companion.
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Online Exhibition: Journeys - Inspiring Stories of Migration in Europe
Few topics have been as divisive in recent years as migration. FNF Europe and MEP Jan-Christopf Oetjen (Renew Europe) sought out to change the narrative. We invited people to share their stories of migration with us at "Journeys: Inspiring Stories of Migration" and now it is time to share our online exhibition with you!
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"The European Union and Africa face common challenges in a shared responsibility. An African delegation, led by promising young people from Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Guinea Conakry, recently arrived from Brussels and alerted this correspondent to the essential role of Europe in reinforcing a closer partnership in terms of regular migratory flows; the urgent need for local production to reduce the level of imports; without forgetting the imperative of digital transformation and the use of the qualified training of the African diaspora to transmit knowledge in a vis-à-vis cooperation." Check out the link for the full article: 👇 https://bit.ly/3Ehpxw5
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“Six Hungarian opposition parties from across the political spectrum held the country’s first national primary contest in order to choose the joint candidates who will take on the country’s long-serving and increasingly autocratic prime minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party in the next parliamentary elections in 2022. Andrea Virág, Director of strategy at Republikon Institute, presents key takeaways from the Hungarian opposition primaries.” 📺 Check out the interview on Youtube: 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo179pfWPqE&t=1s 📰 Read the article on our FNF website: 👉 https://bit.ly/3nuxgQL
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"Is the Western withdrawal from Afghanistan a current political event that soon fades from public awareness? Based on the media coverage, we could almost think so. Some of those responsible might welcome this: Who would want, after all, to plunge into a complex analysis that could reveal unpleasant truths about erroneous assessments and wrong decisions?" Read the full policy brief by former NATO diplomat Dr. Stefanie Babst as part of our Afghanistan policy paper series 👇 https://bit.ly/2Xw4jea
