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...“If a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be,” wrote the American founding father Thomas Jefferson....
...“There is no doubt that this president does believe he’s above the law,” said Republican Thomas Tiffany....
...Family connections Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law has emerged as Hungary’s most prominent investor in the tourism industry, Bloomberg reports....
...At the heart of the criminal investigation into Kurz’s activities are allegations that, starting in 2016, he encouraged close ally Thomas Schmid, who then headed the finance ministry, to illicitly funnel...
...“It is putting us in the company of people such as Orbán, Hungary’s premier. We will become an outrider on human rights when we do this,” she said....
...As the data of Thomas Piketty and his colleagues show, in Europe inequality in wealth and incomes is centuries deep....
...White House officials stress that civil rights activists and dissidents have been invited from countries that are not on its list, such as Viktor Orban’s Hungary and Xi Jinping’s China....
...Uefa denied a request to light up the Allianz Arena in Munich in rainbow colours to protest against an anti-LGBT law passed by the Hungarian government of Viktor Orban....
...Late last month, Hungary became the first EU nation to start using the vaccine, with prime minister Viktor Orban declaring it was his preferred choice....
...Elected FDP candidate Thomas Kemmerich is under immense pressure to resign and hold new elections....
...Orban critics have said the law is ripe for abuse. On Tuesday, a 64-year-old man was detained for a status he wrote on Facebook describing Mr Orban as a “dictator”....
...It was predictable that the Hungarian government, led by Viktor Orban, would react in this way....
...(Project Syndicate) “Mr euro crisis” Thomas Wieser tells Caroline de Gruyter of the EU’s new paradox: “The more Europe we have, the more provincial our politicians become.”...
...Hungary’s parliament last week approved new rules allowing Mr Orban to govern by decree for an indefinite period....
...Orbán’s express aim, meanwhile, has been to create an “illiberal democracy”, which bears an uncanny resemblance to authoritarianism....
...(Bild) Thomas Sigmund at Handelsblatt thinks Mr Habeck is the Green’s very own Mr Trump. Greece’s first lady Aikaterini Sakellaropoulou will become the first female president of Greece....
...As Thomas Jefferson said about slavery, the dilemma can be likened to holding on to the ears of a wolf. You want to let go but you fear what will happen if you do....
...Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has tightened his grip on the Hungarian State Opera....
...Letter in response to this editorial comment: Slovaks already proved intolerant of autocrats / From Thomas Meaney, Göttingen, Germany...
...(FT) Video of the day Amazon’s fake reviews Alphaville’s Thomas Hale examines how fake reviews have become a problem for Amazon’s platform, and looks at their impact on online consumers and sellers....
...Thomas Piketty suggests that a “Brahmin left” and a “merchant right” now dominate western politics....
...Meanwhile, Mr Trump hosts Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban in Washington....
...The protests are quickly becoming the most co-ordinated show of opposition to the manner in which nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban has centralised his power since taking office in 2010....
...“It has cost him political capital internationally — although you can’t see it domestically,” says Thomas Hofer, a Vienna-based political analyst....
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