Assoc Professor in Comparative Central and East European Politics, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Personal take on politics, Eastern Europe and suburbia.
Seán Hanley
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Also yesterday, Berlin-Hamburg trackwork ended, two direct Czech ComfortJet trains now link Prague, Dresden, Berlin & Copenhagen. I’m sure these will do well - and not just because they introduce the concept of restaurant cars to Danish travellers! www.seat61.com/internationa...
Unsurprisingly, @politico.eu gave far-right leader Bardella the chance to increase his international profile with this softball-interview. The ending is particularly gross. Prime normalization of the far right.
I’m honestly not, and I’m looking, in vain, for a way to filter out some of the more parochial US stuff.
What Czechs read (and when). english.radio.cz/who-reads-wh...
According to my very rough maths that's around 131% of the HS2 budget for 2,043% of the track (and that's not including the upgrades to the existing track)
Far-right hatred in the UK, like Brexit a decade ago, is fanned and funded by those - US far-right, tech oligarchs, the Kremlin - with an agenda to fragment and weaken European democracies, and to undermine our ability to hold the powerful to account.
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What Orbán’s defeat means for Central Europe. @frankfukuyama.bsky.social on Robert #Fico, Donald #Trump and why he believes the populist tide may be turning. spectator.sme.sk/politics-and... #Orbán
Hungary nears exit from Article 7 procedure after Magyar-Metsola talks: Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola have agreed that the long-running Article 7 procedure against… Bne IntelliNews #Magyarország #EurópaiParlament #Metsola #Politika #Cikk7
The Man in Seat 61
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Seán Hanley
Seán Hanley
✍️ Hungary’s “electoral revolution” swept away Fidesz’s 16-year rule. But in many marginalized rural communities, the revolution barely arrived.
Vera Messing and Judit Durst examine how media isolation and clientelist dependency sustained the party's support.
🧑💻 Read it now:
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My paper reviewing how Fidesz reshaped Hungary’s foreign policy—and, consequently, what the new Tisza government is now faced with—has been published by @carnegieendowment.org.
📖 Read the paper here: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
See the key takeaways below ⤵️
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Cambridge for Europe
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Jordan Bardella lays out how he would lead France as president.
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
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Is being on bluesky making me even more terminally US-brained? Yes. Am I living my best life following the algae situation in the Reflecting Pool? Also yes.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola have agreed that the long-running Article 7 procedure against Hungary should be concluded by autumn 2026.
