The two editors of the New Equality podcast, András Bíró-Nagy and Ambrus Kiss, host discussions examining key issues in Hungarian and EU politics. All episodes are available on YouTube with English subtitles. Below we recommend episodes produced in 2025:
1. Political Year in Review 2025 // András Bíró-Nagy and Ambrus Kiss
2. Foreign Policy Attitudes in Hungary // András Bíró-Nagy
3. Trump’s First Year in Office: Implications for Hungary and Europe // Máté Kaló
4. Bans and Loopholes: How the Suspension of Political Advertising Is Reshaping Campaigns on Social Media // Csaba Molnár
5. Young Blue-Collar Workers and Capitalism // Péter Molnár
6. Housing Poverty and the “Home Start” Programme // Márton Czirfusz
7. The Balkans on the Waiting List: Geopolitics, the Rule of Law, and the Dilemmas of EU Enlargement // Ferenc Németh
8. Hungarians Heading West, Eastern Workers Arriving in Hungary: Labour Migration and the Guest Workers // Krisztofer Bodor
9. What Does Babiš’s Return Mean for Czechia and Europe? // Botond Bőtös
10. Bulgaria: High Corruption, Permanent Political Instability—Yet Euro Adoption Ahead // Zoltán Pogátsa
11. The Illusion of Peace, the Reality of War: The State of the Russia–Ukraine War // Dorka Takácsy
12. Agreement Instead of a Trade War between the US and the EU: What’s at Stake? // Ferenc Büttl
13. EU Funds from 2028 Onwards: Hungary’s Veto Threat Already Looming // András Bíró-Nagy
14. Life after Brexit: Resetting UK–EU Relations // Máté Kaló
15. Battery Manufacturing in Hungary // Márton Czirfusz
16. Fidesz and the Transnational Far Right: Network-Building in Europe // Zsuzsanna Végh
17. What Will Karol Nawrocki’s Presidency Bring for Poland? // Edit Zgut-Przybylska
18. Wage Convergence and the Myth of EU Accession // Pál Belyó
19. The Struggle of Two Romanias: Tracing the Failed Far-Right Power Grab // Tamás Kiss
20. Fifteen Years of the Orbán Government Through the Eyes of Voters // András Bíró-Nagy
Policy Solutions is a progressive political research institute based in Budapest. It was founded in 2008 and it is committed to the values of liberal democracy, solidarity, equal opportunity, sustainability and European integration. The focus of Policy Solutions’ work is on understanding political processes in Hungary and the European Union. Among the pre-eminent areas of our research are the investigation of how the quality of democracy evolves, the analysis of factors driving euroscepticism, populism and the far-right, and election research.
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