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Free Market Foundation

ABOUT Free Market Foundation
Hungarian think tank dedicated to classical liberal values such as free market, individual liberties and tolerance.
Blockbuster Politics
Politics, Society
Blockbuster Politics
The answer to populism is not more populism. Demagogues can be defeated without lies. In the recent U.S. election two extremely untrustworthy candidates tried to outbid each other in telling the biggest lies. You can promise blood, sweat and tears and still be loved.
South Park Politics
Politics, Society
South Park Politics
The Trump phenomenon has left analysts baffled. Who would have thought that such a clown can stand a real chance of becoming the next President of the United States? While most of the experts were still figuring out what on earth has happened, the explanation came from an unlikely source: South Park.
Why Should Hungarians Care?
Politics, Society
Why Should Hungarians Care?
Recently, the operations of the newspaper Népszabadság in Hungary were suspended. So what\'s the big deal? It was a left to centre newspaper anyway, you will read some other newspaper instead. It generated giant losses, and its numbers have plummeted – you will hear, so the private owners were right to kill it off.
Jobbik Faces Changes
Politics
Jobbik Faces Changes
April 20, 2016, marked the beginning of a brand new chapter in the history of the Hungarian radical right-wing party, Jobbik. The party\'s leader, Gábor Vona, declared emblematic party leaders Előd Novák, István Szávay, and István Apáti shall not run for the office of the party\'s vice president.
Mandatory Military Service: A Solution for National Defence in EU Member States?
Politics
Mandatory Military Service: A Solution for National Defence in EU Member States?
After 12 years after the abolishment of compulsory military service in Hungary, the debate over the matter was brought back to the political agenda on January 16, 2016, when László Kövér, Speaker of the National Assembly expressed his regret over the abolishment of the compulsory military service and described it as a “disastrous mistake”.