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‼️Do not miss the insights! Recordings are now available from our last week's conference: youtube.com/playlist?list=… In last week, as part of the Lakmusz-HDMO project; AFP, epresspack, Idea Foundation, Lakmusz, Mérték, and Political Capital organized conference at the Institut

It was an honour to co-host the panel Combating Disinformation and Strengthening European Democracies: The Future of Fact-Checking with the Institut Français of Hungary and AFP News Agency as part of La Nuit des Idées on the occasion of International Fact-Checking Day.

Our director Peter Kreko was honoured to take part in this exciting discussion on the challenges for the EU to combat foreign information manipulation while defending free speech.

#Fidesz is pushing a new Kremlin-style law in #Hungary under the guise of protecting sovereignty. The law would silence organizations that criticize the government by banning foreign funding, including that from the #EU. Read our assessment here: politicalcapital.hu/news.php?artic…

"Orbán's popularity is flagging after 15 years of uninterrupted power, even as he positions himself at the forefront of the nascent right-wing 'illiberal international,'" commented Péter Krekó, director of Political Capital, to ABC News on CPAC Hungary. tinyurl.com/zcdr9ffy

Péter Krekó, Political Capital's director, told The Guardian: Compared to the United States, the transformation in Hungary was rather slow but deep. It was like the frog-boiling-in-water model, and the propaganda machine played a crucial role. tinyurl.com/2xv8frhd

Trump’s second term was expected to benefit leaders like Orbán, Vučić, & Dodik. However, the first 100 days haven't quite brought that about. Why doesn't loyalty buy influence in D.C. anymore? Read Peter Kreko and Ferenc Németh's article in French: tinyurl.com/yn4ezufb

Read our analysis of the potential political implications of the Budapest Pride march on June 28. The march poses more risks to Fidesz than to TISZA leader Péter Magyar or Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony. tinyurl.com/52x79dup

Fidesz had tried to use the Pride to portray the opposition as focused on liberal, metropolitan issues, but that the tactic had failed. Instead Fidesz found itself in a bind: it risked looking weak if it let the march proceed and authoritarian if it cracked down.

Stratégiai autonómia, az ukrajnai háború, hibrid támadások és dezinformáció – ezek mind Európa jövője szempontjából alapvető fontosságú témák, amelyekről a francia nagykövet és a Political Capital nyári egyetem hallgatói eszmecserét folytattak. Krekó Péter meghívására a nagykövet a