Fidesz (Hungary) – Eye on Islamism

Belgian MP Sam van Rooy: ‘Europe must wake up to the threat of radical Islam’ 'Israel is fighting Islamic jihad more than any other country. We should realize that and support them. After they take Jerusalem, the next target will be Rome.'

April 30, 2025 Amelie Botbol

(JNS) Belgian Member of Parliament Sam van Rooy issued a stark warning on Monday about the future of Europe, arguing that rising Islamic extremism and unchecked immigration are threatening democratic values across the continent. “We want to remain a democratic society, but […]

Swedish far-right risks government collapse over EU migration pact

April 21, 2023 Charles Szumski

(Euractiv) The far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) leader in the Swedish Parliament declared that the party could withdraw its support for the ruling centre-right coalition, which would risk a political crisis when the country is heading the Council of the European Union. Mattias […]

Hungarian PM Orban defends anti-migrant remarks on UK visit

May 28, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Hungary’s Viktor Orban has ended a controversial visit to Boris Johnson by acknowledging he is anti-immigration and standing by an earlier condemnation of Muslim migrants as “invaders.” He said they had destroyed the border and marched through the country. Downing Street […]

At least 1 in 4 Europeans have negative feelings towards Muslims Anti-Muslim sentiment was highest in Hungary, a survey of eight European countries commissioned by anti-extremism groups showed, despite Muslims making up just 0.4 per cent of Hungary’s population.

February 15, 2021 Ruby Lott-Lavigna

(Vice) Negative views of Muslims and immigrants are widely held across Europe, according to a major survey across eight European countries. The survey of 12,000 people from Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands and Italy found a widespread mistrust of […]

Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results

March 6, 2020 Pablo Gorondi

(AP) No entry, says Hungary. Not all at once, says Greece. Watch out, says Croatia: They might have the coronavirus. This week, thousands of asylum-seekers sit at the intersection of a pair of fast-moving news stories — a spike in migration in […]

Hungary’s Orban labels EU’s mass migration policy ‘grave mistake’

December 28, 2019 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has labelled the European Union’s mass migration-friendly policies as being one of the two gravest mistakes made by the political bloc going into 2020. The Hungarian leader made his comments earlier this week, stating that both […]

Hungary stems migrant flow, but issue remains big in EU vote

May 10, 2019 Pablo Gorondi

(AP) Hundreds of migrants a day streamed through the Hungarian village of Asotthalom on their way to Western Europe in 2015. Today there are almost none. So one might think the political discourse has moved on. Think again. In this month’s European […]

Hungary’s Orban flirts with Salvini-led anti-migration EU bloc

May 2, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Hungary’s anti-immigration Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini moved closer to formal cooperation Thursday for upcoming European Parliament elections, vowing to prevent an “Islamic caliphate” on the continent. European voters are due to choose a new […]

EU executive hits back at Hungary’s Orban ahead of elections

March 4, 2019 Gabriela Baczynska

(Reuters) The European Union executive accused Hungary’s nationalist government on Monday of distorting the truth about immigration into the bloc, marking a further deterioration in their troubled relationship ahead of European Parliament elections in May. The EU has long been critical of […]

Hungary’s Orban says EU didn’t learn from terror attacks

February 26, 2019 Pablo Gorondi

(AP) The Hungarian government has expanded its new public campaign accusing European Union leaders of promoting mass migration, sending citizens a letter from the prime minister that warns “the Brussels bureaucrats want to break the resistance of countries opposed to immigration.” In […]

EU Commission rebukes Hungary’s new media campaign as ‘fake news’

February 19, 2019 Gergely Szakacs and Jan Strupczewski

(Reuters) The European Commission on Tuesday rebuked a media campaign by the Hungarian government aimed at European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and U.S. businessman George Soros, accusing Brussels of pushing migration plans threatening Hungary. Orban’s latest campaign, announced in a Facebook post […]

Hungary’s Orban bets on growing anti-immigrant tide in latest EU standoff

September 13, 2018 Krisztina Than

(Reuters) The European Parliament’s vote to punish Hungary for flouting democratic standards works in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s favor by letting him pose as a champion of national sovereignty against a remote Brussels elite as EU elections loom next year. His typically […]

Polls show European politicians with anti-immigrant message remain as popular as ever

July 15, 2018 Petra Hajdu and Austin Davis

(USA Today) En route to winning a fourth term this year, Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that migration would harm Hungary’s largely homogeneous nation, proclaiming “countries that don’t stop immigration will be lost.” It resonated with voters, who delivered his Fidesz party and […]