Danube Institute

The Danube Institute is a conservative think tank founded in 2013[1] and based in Budapest, Hungary. The Institute is financed by the Fidesz government.[2][3] Its president is John O'Sullivan. People associated with the Danube Institute include the Hungarian politician János Martonyi and Polish politician Ryszard Legutko.[4]

In 2019, a video of remarks made by Tim Montgomerie at a meeting hosted by the Danube Institute was published, creating a controversy regarding his views on the Hungarian government.[5] Other politicians who have spoken at Danube Institute meetings include the Australian politicians Tony Abbott and Kevin Andrews. In 2021, the French polemist Éric Zemmour gave an interview to the Institute.[6]

References
  1. Buzogány, Aron; Varga, Mihai (2018-11-02). "The ideational foundations of the illiberal backlash in Central and Eastern Europe: the case of Hungary". Review of International Political Economy. 25 (6): 811–828. doi:10.1080/09692290.2018.1543718. ISSN 0969-2290. S2CID 159289803.
  2. Balogh, Eva S. (2020-08-16). "The government-financed Danube Institute and its director, John O'Sullivan". Hungarian Spectrum. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  3. Zerofsky, Elisabeth (2021-10-19). "How the American Right Fell in Love With Hungary". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  4. Wickham, Alex. "A Top Boris Johnson Aide Says The UK Will Have A "Special Relationship" With Viktor Orbán's Hungary After Brexit". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  5. Read, Jonathon. "Boris Johnson aide says UK will have 'special relationship' with Hungary after Brexit". The New European. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  6. Koziol, Michael (2019-10-05). "Why Australia's conservatives are finding friends in Hungary". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2020-01-08.

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