Germany is Full – Merkel's Downfall

Alder Yarrow
(Vinopgraphy)

So much quality already exists, and so much more potential lies in wait, it's just a damn shame that the country can't get its sh*t together to better promote its wines.

Christian Caryl
(Foreign Policy)

It's time for the European Union to get serious about enforcing democratic standards.

Sayfo Omar
(Mandiner/Hungarian Free Press)

It is important to note: the Hungarian national soul is not racist, antisemitic, nor is it Islamophobic.

Sacha Ostrovski
(RightOn)

The new club’s arrogance and hatred don’t consider the fact that Hungary isn’t the only country questioning the choices of the past 25 years, but all of Central Europe is!

Eric Asimov
(The New York Times)

By the dismantling of the Iron Curtain, Tokaji aszu (TOKE-eye-ee AHS-ew) was almost a historic footnote, a half-forgotten luxury of centuries past. You can now find quite a few superb Hungarian wine producers.

Timothy Garton Ash
(The Guardian)

The walls are going up all over Europe. In Hungary, they take the physical form of razor and barbed wire fences, like much of the old iron curtain.

European Humanist Federation
(European Humanist Federation)

Since 2010, Viktor Orbán’s government has repeatedly taken antidemocratic and xenophobic measures that openly violate the basic principles of the rule of law.

Viktor Orbán
(miniszterelnok.hu)

The like of this has never happened before. We are allowing in – indeed transporting in – hundreds of thousands of people in an unregulated manner from regions in which the European Union is at war.

Navracsics Tibor
(Mandiner / Budapest Sentinel)

If we are not going in the direction of federalism, but in the direction of nation-states, it is not certain that the whole thing will fall apart.

Diana Pinto
(Project Syndicate)

On one side are politicians like Angela Merkel, Jean-Claude Juncker, Barack Obama and Pope Francis. On the other are Victor Orbán, Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu.

Andrea Hossó
(CapX)

The accusations against Central Europe are both false and hypocritical. The present surge of mass migration is predominantly a result of Western power politics.

Schöpflin György
(Politico.eu)

The Hungarian government’s first priority is the rule of law; i.e., its obligations under the Schengen and the Dublin regulations and its responsibility to Hungarian citizens, who expect security and competence.

Szánthó Miklós
(Hungarian Review)

The changes of the electoral system became inevitable because the Constitutional Court declared different elements of the applicable laws unconstitutional twice, in 2005 and 2010.

Pető Andrea

The existing stereotypes about passive, home-bound, religious Muslim women will certainly undergo a fundamental transformation now.

Benny Ziffer
(Haaretz)

“Long live Houellebecq, long live Viktor Orbán!” I mumble under my breath, for fear of being lynched if I am suspected of racism and Islamophobia.

Tom Switzer
(The Spectator)

The conclusion from the Australian experience is that those who benefit most from tough border protection are the immigrants who come here fairly and legally.