Historically, the past seventy years were a special era for Western Europe, and the same applies to the past thirty years for Central Europe as well. Our continent was able to focus on her own business and become one of the world’s wealthiest regions without having to deal much with security, as it was outsourced to the United States of America.

As Hungarians, we all feel the damage that Viktor Orbán causes to our country. If you live in Hungary and haven’t turned into a fervent believer of the propaganda over the past decade, you know exactly what I mean. However, if a Hungarian travels in Europe, he immediately becomes a target of questions and accusations. Especially if he’s a politician.

The European Parliament’s December plenary session was to debate a serious matter on its agenda. The submitted report urged the European Union to lay down universal norms in terms of hate speech and hate crimes. However, the report was eventually not submitted for voting – under mysterious circumstances.