Poland

EC launches conditionality mechanism against government, MNB raises base rate again, government extends price caps, Warsaw launches Hungarian-language campaign to stop Russia

This is the first time that this mechanism has been launched in the history of the EU.

Rallies on March 15, Orbán misses train to Kyiv, fuel shortage and a stealthy drone flies over Hungary

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his challenger Péter Márki-Zay both showed confidence as they rallied supporters less than three weeks before the general elections.

Orbán predicts "victory of common sense" ahead of EU summit amid hopes of solution to budget impasse

Hungarian officials are celebrating a compromise plan meant to bring an end to the EU budget stalemate, even as rule of law conditionality which they opposed remains on the books. This week's InsightHungary newsletter.