Tag Archives: slovakia

Left with questions

Posted on 21 November 2012 by

I’m at conference on the Future of the Left in Central Europe in Prague co-organised by CESTA, one of the Czech Republic’s few centre-left thinktanks, and the German SPD’s Ebert Foundation, having been to an academic workshop on a similar … Continue reading →

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Difficult Hungarian lesson

Posted on 29 December 2011 by

The constitutional and institutional changes pushed through by Hungary’s ruling conservative-national Fidesz party following its emphatic election victory in April 2010 have attracted increasing coverage – and almost enirely negative -  from academic and journalistic observers of Central European politic, … Continue reading →

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