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At the same time, Trump’s helping hand signals the emergence of a U.S. policy of support for illiberal disruptors, which should be a serious cause for concern within the European Union.

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In reality, Trump has steered Hungary toward diversifying its energy import dependencies, pulling Orbán away from Putin and further into his own personal orbit.

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At first glance, the meeting appeared to be a wide-sounding victory for #Orbán, enabling the continuation of his multivectoral foreign policy, his reliance on #Russia, and providing him badly needed support in the highly contested Hungarian election campaign.

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These tests should serve as triggers for requesting interim measures from the CJEU and for suspending the implementation of anti-NGO laws adopted by illiberal, anti-democratic EU governments.
More on this will be coming soon in writing.

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... and recommended that the @ec.europa.eu
anchor the tests established in international law—regarding the restriction of fundamental rights—in its infringement procedures.

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While learning a great deal about similar practices in India and Kenya, I emphasized the innovative nature of the Hungarian and Slovak laws, their role as blueprints in illiberal transnational learning ...

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but with strong political interest to actively use those services in order to strengthen his/her own political position as minister in the government.

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4) Last, a takeaway which is not in the interview. The case demonstrate why no government should appoint a minister in controll of a country's foreign intelligence service with zero international experience (and therefore low sensitivity for the protential diplomatic fallout) ...

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3) The mere fact that the Commission launched an investigation does not mean we will have clarity any time soon. The establishment of investigative task forces can serve to cover up a case just as much as to clarify its circumstances. Time will tell what the Commission’s true intentions are.

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This is due to the exceptionally aggressive and amateurish approach of Hungarian foreign intelligence operatives, which ultimately led to the exposure of their network.

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2) It is not unique or exceptional that EU Member States use their nationals working in EU institutions as intelligence sources or assets. What is unique in the current case is that it is being publicly discussed and will be officially investigated by the Commission.

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There is nothing surprising about the revelation that they use intelligence services to spy on EU institutions, with which they have been in a decade-long legal and political conflict.

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1) The Hungarian regime has been using active measures to influence the domestic politics of EU Member States for years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgjY...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oGG...

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Instead of isolating Babiš, they should reach out to him early and aim to integrate him into a pro-EU consensus, as they successfully did with Meloni. The preconditions for successful integration are present in his pragmatic, non-ideological, and Western-oriented profile.

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If Western actors fear the (re-)emergence of a Central European axis between Babiš, Orbán, and Fico, they should not respond to the Czech election results with reservations, but rather take a proactive approach.
www.authlib.eu/event-video-...