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Mate Hajba

ABOUT Mate Hajba
Director of the Free Market Foundation, which advocates economic freedom, civil rights and tolerance. He is also the Vice President of Civic Platform, which runs anti-racist campaigns and promotes democratic values. He is interested in the relationship between the state and the individual and in the concept and history of liberty. He writes for international press on issues such as intolerance in Hungary and international relations. To promote the concept of individualism, liberty, tolerance and free market, he co-founded a youth organization named Eötvös Club.
USA and Hungary: Strained Relations
Politics
USA and Hungary: Strained Relations
BY Mate Hajba / November 3, 2015
On October 28, Colleen Bell, American ambassador to Hungary, pointed out the dire political and social problems Hungary faces today – problems it must solve. The speech, delivered at a university in Budapest, is not the first criticism Hungary received from its Western ally.
Hungarian Mishaps and Other Misfortunes
Politics, Society
Hungarian Mishaps and Other Misfortunes
BY Mate Hajba / July 21, 2015
Hungarian government started building a fence on the border with Serbia to ward the immigrants off. The construction, stretching over 170 kilometers, is not in any way a solution to the problem of immigration. All that the fence will do is manifest Hungary’s separation from Europe.
Should We or Shouldn’t We?
Society
Should We or Shouldn’t We?
BY Mate Hajba / April 7, 2015
Regardless of the necessity of the Iraq War, recalling troops with the job half done will only worsen an already bad situation. The people of the West will not tolerate yet another long-lasting war which will result in withdrawing the military earlier than necessary. On the other hand, swift and short military engagements will not yield in satisfactory results in the long term either.
Zoltán Kész: The Liberal Who Took Away Orbán´s Supermajority
Politics
Zoltán Kész: The Liberal Who Took Away Orbán´s Supermajority
BY Mate Hajba / February 24, 2015
Zoltán Kész’s victory shattered the two third majority of governing party Fidesz in the parliament. Using this supermajority, the government has implemented a new constitution and new laws curtailing the freedom of speech, human rights and the power of the constitutional court since 2010. Hungary has also become fearfully friendly with Russia regardless of the growing tensions between the EU and Putin.
The Kremlin Connection
REVIEW, Review #1
The Kremlin Connection
BY Mate Hajba / November 18, 2014
Putin recognized that many European parties are not satisfied with how the EU works, and Russia positioned itself as an alternative choice, towards which discontented countries can run to.
EU Money Gone to Waste in Hungary
Economy, Politics
EU Money Gone to Waste in Hungary
BY Mate Hajba / October 24, 2014
With a new scandal involving extensive corruption the country is alienating the countries of the West and as much as Prime Minister Orbán wants to follow Putin’s footsteps, the question is whether there would be any country left which would take Hungary seriously?