Kinga Koranyi
kingakoranyi.bsky.social
Kinga Koranyi
@kingakoranyi.bsky.social
Adjunct Professor at the University of Wrocław: I research EU actions against democratic backsliding, with a special focus on Hungary.
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⚖️ Why did Hungary accept losing billions in EU funds rather than reform?

🔎 @kingakoranyi.bsky.social explains Hungary’s partial compliance: legal ambiguities allowed selective reforms, while regime-sensitive policies proved too costly to change 👇

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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💥 My colleagues' 56-minute documentary on Viktor Orbán's family enrichment is a huge success—2.2M views in a country of 9.7M. While Orbán’s propagandists smear us, we’re receiving unprecedented support and gratitude from our audience.

🎬Watch Direkt36's movie here: www.youtube.com/watc...
February 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'm hearing conflicting reports about whether Orbán was invited to the inauguration.

If he was, why didn't he go? (explanation by the HU gov isn't realistic) Is it a nod towards Putin?

If he wasn't invited, why? He spent 4 years cozying up + promises big US-HU partnership to come...
January 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Hungarian-Polish relations are at an all-time low b/c HU granted asylum for former Polish Deputy Justice Minister, Romanowski

The Centre for Fundamental Rights, Fidesz's think tank published a 4 pg 'justification'. The argument? 'Poland doesn't respect the rule of law'

vsquare.org/hungary-vikt...
Revealed: Shady Report Used to Justify Orbán’s Asylum for Fugitive Polish MP - VSquare.org
For Viktor Orbán, the basis for granting asylum to fugitive Polish politician Marcin Romanowski was a mere four-page pamphlet. We have found this document: it has no author but heavily cites a platfor...
vsquare.org
January 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I've always wondered why Fidesz supporters are not more distraught over hospital conditions in Hungary when *everyone* has direct/indirect experiences.

But Fidesz voters have told me that:

- 'hospitals abroad are even worse'
- 'this is not related to politics'
- 'our doctors are the best though'
Today’s breakfast at a Budapest hospital. This is the reality of #Hungary under authoritarian Orbán.
(photo from a trusted source)
January 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Since I'm new to Bluesky, I'd like to share this event that will take place at the Université Libre de Bruxelles tomorrow.

You are warmly invited to join us!

@delorsberlin.bsky.social @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 9:46 AM
I know it's been hard to sit through a conversation with me lately without mention of the #Hungarian political drama, sorry!

So I summarized the developments in HU for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social

I explain the rise + challenges for Péter Magyar, Orbán's challenger

theloop.ecpr.eu/who-is-peter...
Who is Péter Magyar, and can he become Hungary’s next Prime Minister?
Péter Magyar poses an unprecedented threat to Viktor Orbán’s rule. Kinga Korányi argues that Magyar’s sudden success is the result of his agenda-setting capabilities as a former Fidesz affiliate who c...
theloop.ecpr.eu
December 6, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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📈 Péter Magyar’s sudden success in Hungary is the result of his agenda-setting capabilities as a former Fidesz affiliate who caught Orbán’s government by surprise 😯, argues @kingakoranyi.bsky.social, but his lasting success is still contingent on several factors.
➡️ bit.ly/49lrkkJ
Who is Péter Magyar, and can he become Hungary’s next Prime Minister?
Péter Magyar poses an unprecedented threat to Viktor Orbán’s rule. Kinga Korányi argues that Magyar’s sudden success is the result of his agenda-setting capabilities as a former Fidesz affiliate who c...
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December 6, 2024 at 12:22 PM