The Irish Times view on Hungary’s election: a veneer of legitimacy
The scale of Viktor Orban’s win is likely to encourage him to continue to defy EU attempts to enforce democratic norms
Gay people in power crucial to EU criticism of Hungary’s stance
Personal testimony by ministers reinforces argument to deprive isolated Orban of funds
Fidesz quits Fine Gael's EPP group in European Parliament showdown
Hungarian leader Orban pulls out MEPs after EPP votes for new rules that allow it to suspend or expel party colleagues
Ireland’s vaccine rollout: Can we stay at the top of the EU league table?
Ireland is now second in the EU vaccination league table. Can this pace be sustained?
EU leaders overcome blockade of budget and recovery funds
Reassurance for Hungary and Poland unlocks €1.85tn budget and recovery package
EU recovery fund in balance amid calls for consequences for Hungary
Budget impasse and recovery fund sparks call for expulsion of Hungary’s Fidesz from FG grouping
Rising Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions pose big questions of EU
Europe Letter: Focus on Brussels to see if bloc is willing or able to bear an influence
EU plagued by erosion of democracy inside and outside its borders
Europe Letter: A row is brewing over the best way to tackle brazen flouting of rule of law
Deadlocked EU talks: What’s at stake at the summit
Leaders hope to form a recovery plan to dig the continent out of the Covid-19 recession
EU summit: Uphill battle to break deadlock as marathon talks kick off
Marathon talks to begin, as EU leaders seek united effort to address pandemic
MEPs fear racist ‘dog-whistle’ in new ‘protecting European way of life’ role
Europe Letter: Name of migration portfolio appears a misstep for Ursula von der Leyen
Why are some people reluctant to call Donald Trump racist?
TCD sociology lecturer Dr David Ralph on what constitutes racism and why we are not living in a ‘post-racial nirvana’
Far-right’s results far from startling in European Parliament elections
Good turnout and swing from ultranationalism enhance Europe’s sense of legitimacy
Trump congratulates Orbán for doing ‘tremendous job’
US president heaps praise on Hungary’s controversial PM during Oval Office visit
The Irish Times view on the New Zealand mosque murders: the world after Christchurch
The extreme right has long used the internet to organise and exchange ideas, but the Christchurch murders marked a shocking low in the choreography of terror
Europe must decide what to do about Hungary’s Viktor Orbán
Europe Letter: Support builds for Fidesz’s expulsion from the European People’s Party
Thought which counts: Cost of Varadkar’s gifts to foreign dignitaries
Green jersey at €60 a pop a staple of diplomacy with cufflinks, books and Celtic brooch
Fintan O’Toole: Conservatives have abandoned their core principles
The rich were only pretending they cared about prudence, law and family values
Fintan O'Toole: The populism of the far right is utterly phoney
We need to take the reactionary threat seriously without taking seriously the grandiose self-image of the reactionaries
Fintan O’Toole: Trump and Brexit are products of Sutherland’s success
As a father of globalisation Peter Sutherland leaves a problematic legacy
Taoiseach criticised for visit to ‘anti-democratic’ Hungarian PM
Brendan Howlin accuses Leo Varadkar of concealing his visit until the last minute
Opinion: European, democratic, liberal and open Poland is now under threat
The ruling party wishes to follow the example of Victor Orbán’s Hungary and his model of ‘illiberal democracy” with the primacy of political will over law
Worldview: Lurch to the right in Poland and Hungary a threat to EU’s core values
The European Commission is set to hold an ‘orientation’ debate on new laws in Poland that rein in both its constitutional court and its state media
Max McGuinness: Isis struck at diversity and integration
Last Friday night in Paris, France was attacked by terrorists for its successes rather than for its failures
The return to power of Jaroslav Kaczynski in Poland
Indication that a new political balance is emerging in Europe - victories on both left and right for anti-austerity parties
Europe hurt by rise in extremism, EPP hears
European People’s Party emphasises success of centre-right governments
Migrant crisis: Seven dead after boat sinks near Libya
Hungary’s steel fence fails to deter migrants as EU ministers call for urgent meeting
Eastern Europe slams doors on refugees from Middle East
States with history of conflict and emigration show little desire to help new arrivals
Hungary and migrants: Prime minister Viktor Orban’s fence makes agenda clear
He is a man already at war with the EU Commission and fellow member states over human rights and media restrictions and his sidling up to Vladimir Putin
Internet tax protests force Orbán U-turn
Opinion: ‘Orbán’s measure also has to be seen in the light of his own particular brand of right wing, deeply regressive consumption-focused taxation’
Q&A: What questions will Phil Hogan face at European committee?
Ireland’s commissioner-designate will be questioned for three hours by MEPs
Hogan prepares as EU commissioners await parliamentary grilling
Commissioner designate faces tough task as part of expected bunfight
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