Reminder: The landslide in Hungary was achieved in part by highlighting Orbán's corruption.
Timothy Garton Ash@fromtga.bsky.social · 3d agoWhy the US needs a Hungarian-style landslide this November.... open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...
Timothy Garton Ash
@fromtga.bsky.social
Historian, author, commentator. Author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe, The File etc. See www.timothygartonash.com
Timothy Garton Ash@fromtga.bsky.social · 3d agoWhy the US needs a Hungarian-style landslide this November.... open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...
Why the US needs a Hungarian-style landslide this November
Trump has eroded liberal democracy at unprecedented speed.
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🇪🇺 Europa tiene dos pilares. Un pilar económico-político, la UE, y otro político-militar, la OTAN. Los dos han pasado décadas casi sin hablarse entre sí. Sin embargo, la fortaleza de Europa deriva precisamente de tener ese doble pilar @fromtga.bsky.social @elpais.com elpais.com/opinion/2026...
La Europa de dos pilares debe estar preparada para defenderse
La UE tiene un papel fundamental que desempeñar a la hora de aumentar y coordinar la financiación del rearme europeo
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Why 'dual-core Europe' (EU and Nato) needs to reconstruct – that is, Europeanise - its second core. My commentary in advance of NATO summit in Ankara this week.... www.ft.com/content/14e1...
The Europeanisation of Nato is ever more important
Transatlantic military alliance will be key to the continent’s future security
ft.com
La #Brexit ha cambiato il #RegnoUnito. 🇪🇺 Ma anche l'UE è cambiata profondamente diventando una comunità di sicurezza più che un mercato unico. @fromtga.bsky.social membro dell'@ecfr.eu Council ecfr.eu/article/if-t...
If the UK wants to rejoin the European Union, it first needs to understand it – European Council on Foreign Relations
A full return will require a marathon of democratic persuasion, on the continent as much as in Britain. For one side holds most of the cards
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To rejoin the EU, the UK must first understand it, by @fromTGA open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...
To rejoin the EU, the UK must first understand it
A full return will require a marathon of democratic persuasion
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To sum up this excellent article @fromtga.bsky.social, for the UK to be at the heart of Europe we need to rejoin the EU. To achieve that we must ask not just what the EU can do for the UK, but also what the EU needs from the UK in these challenging times. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If the UK wants to rejoin the European Union, it first needs to understand it | Timothy Garton Ash
A full return will require a marathon of democratic persuasion, on the continent as much as in Britain. For one side holds most of the cards, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
theguardian.com
🚨🚨" Every step will depend on the EU side, which holds most of the cards. So the British have also to understand where other Europeans are coming from, how their complicated union really works and what is, to put it bluntly, in it for them." Great piece by @fromtga.bsky.social on UK #rejoin:
“And Britain’s elected representatives must learn to speak European, that unique multilingual language in which the advancement of national interest is subtly blended with the historically informed embrace of a shared European future. Is the current British political class capable of this?“
Timothy Garton Ash@fromtga.bsky.social · 2mo agoBritain's strategic goal should be to rejoin the EU. But to have a chance, the British have first to understand it. And start a marathon of democratic persuasion… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain's strategic goal should be to rejoin the EU. But to have a chance, the British have first to understand it. And start a marathon of democratic persuasion… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If the UK wants to rejoin the European Union, it first needs to understand it | Timothy Garton Ash
A full return will require a marathon of democratic persuasion, on the continent as much as in Britain. For one side holds most of the cards, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
theguardian.com
How to defeat Vladimir Putin… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is how to defeat Vladimir Putin | Timothy Garton Ash
The Russian dictator’s dreams of greatness threaten Nato and the EU, not just Ukraine. Here are eight ways in which he can be thwarted, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
theguardian.com
L'#Ungheria è stato il primo paese europeo a cadere nel populismo, può essere anche il primo a uscirne? Una #Budapest in festa e la sfida di una transizione senza precedenti, nel racconto di @fromtga.bsky.social, membro dell' @ecfr.eu Council 👇 ecfr.eu/article/in-a...
In a joyful Budapest, with the populists routed, I saw the chance of an unprecedented transition – European Council on Foreign Relations
With the ejection of Trumpian hero Viktor Orban, Hungarians demanded a restored democracy. Now, Europe must support them
ecfr.eu
To state the bleeding obvious, you can only be 'at the heart of Europe' if you're a member of the European Union. @Keir_Starmer www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Read Starmer’s speech in full as he tries to convince MPs and country to back him
From Brexit to The Green Party
independent.co.uk
Europe's political fragmentation, my conversation with @Yascha_Mounk open.substack.com/pub/timothygar
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My message to Friedrich Merz @bundeskanzleramt.bsky.social on this 8./9. Mai www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/deuts...
Aufrüstung in Deutschland: Stresstest für die Zeitenwende
81 Jahre nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg will Deutschland wieder zur militärischen Macht in Europa werden. Kann das gut gehen?
sueddeutsche.de
If, like me, you have read with fascination Walter Scheidel's The Great Leveller & Escape from Rome, you can listen to him combining the two in Oxford today at 5 pm @ESCStAntonys zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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As we think about 8 May 1945, 2026… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Germany’s military power is on the rise. This time it must be firmly embedded in Europe | Timothy Garton Ash
As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens Nato, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent, says historian and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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Dear American friends – hand on heart, wouldn't you rather have a constitutional monarch like this rather than an elected would-be-George III like Donald Trump? Just asking… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Five takeaways from the King's historic address to US Congress
There were some lines in the speech that may have buoyed Democrats – and raised eyebrows in the White House.
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'...big German companies, such as Bosch and Siemens, also availed themselves of the Hungarian government’s largess. In a sense, Orbán took Germany hostage, which guaranteed then-Chancellor Angela Merkel’s inaction. Orbán was just too important to the German economy to be allowed to fail.'
Hungary’s Counter-Counterrevolution
István Rév explains why Viktor Orbán fell after 16 years of entrenched illiberal rule – and how Péter Magyar toppled him.
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🇭🇺 🇪🇺 Si Hungría puede ser el primero en salir del peor populismo, ese será un precedente fundamental. Es posible que, entonces, incluso Estados Unidos pueda querer aprovechar algunas lecciones húngaras @fromtga.bsky.social @elpais.com elpais.com/opinion/2026...
Hungría tiene la oportunidad de una transición única
Europa debe apoyar un cambio que desmonte el sistema populista tras la caída de Orbán, el héroe de Trump
elpais.com
Hungry now has a chance for an unprecedented post-populist transition, with lessons for everywhere from Poland to the US. My commentary from Budapest… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a joyful Budapest, I see the chance of an unprecedented transition | Timothy Garton Ash
With the ejection of Trumpian hero Viktor Orbán, Hungarians demanded a restored democracy. Now, Europe must support them, says historian, political writer and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
theguardian.com