of freedom notjust in hungary, but across the eu? well, my guest, zsuzsanna szelenyi, was his ally in the early days of the fidesz party. now she is an arch critic. but has orban found a politicalformula illiberal democracy for which his opponents have no answer? zsuzsanna szelenyi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. when you look at your home country, hungary, today, in terms of its politics, its political culture, what do you see? well, hungary is in trouble. this is what i see first. it is diverting for a track where we entered 30 years ago, the western way of life. the generation of politicians which are characterised by fidesz, viktor orban s party, where i started my political career 32 years ago, we thought we are the party of the west. actually, orban, even 15 years ago, mentioned in a speech that fidesz party is the new western generation, and what we see today is everything but that. so that, of course, mak
from mr reznikov who hasn t been personally implicated in the procurement scandal involving the purchase of rations at inflated prices. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. viktor orban can make a strong claim to be europe s most successful leader. after four consecutive election victories, he s admired by cultural conservatives and nationalists from moscow to washington. he wins elections, yes but is he a democrat or has he subverted democracy and undermined the cause of freedom notjust in hungary, but across the eu? well, my guest, zsuzsanna szelenyi, was his ally in the early days of the fidesz party. now she is an arch critic. but has orban found a politicalformula illiberal democracy for which his opponents have no answer? zsuzsanna szelenyi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. when you look at your home country, hungary, today, in terms of its politics, its political culture, wha
Where the french president is Holding Meetings with these really palestinian leadership st. Somebody sent me meditation, the least. Hes finally guessing, but it is a drop of age. You know, some of nice. Yes to you and Security Council as be meeting with the secretary general highlighting the donnas situation in gaza. I went through how something i do think human beings were due to one another. And one of these really captives released by her mouse has been describing her experience during the detention and got the say as we begin this news in dogs, that wet mold in at 700 palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours on the relentless seas rarely bombardment, Health Officials say some hospitals can no longer treat the wounded because theyve run out of old supplies. Only a few humanitarian, a truck, so being able to and to go to you and says 20 trucks were unable to cross through the roof. A board of integrateds on tuesday, maybe 5800 policy into being killed since the will begin o
Hashtag beyond one hundred days hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. The American Government is struggling to do what families around the world manage to do every single day balance their budgets. The senate has just agreed to a two year deal but they still have to get the house of representatives to sign on to their plan. The bipartisan deal in the senate gives both sides a bit of what they want. Republicans get more money for the us military. Democrats get money for Health Programmes and disaster relief. This doesnt deliver the much promised Immigration Reform but it is a rare thing american lawmakers actually coming together to work out solutions. Heres a listen. This bill is the product of extensive negotiations among congressional leaders and the white house. No one would suggest it is perfect. But we worked hard to find Common Ground and stay focused on serving the American People. After months of legislative logjam is this budget deal i
A source of wealth for all societies. I personally im aware of the importance of human rights i grew up under a dictatorship and has high commissioner for refugees i witnessed the terrible repercussions of Human Rights Violations and im only too aware that we still have a long road to travel with the president this is not to deny that we have made considerable progress in the past seventy years people around the world have gained progressively greater freedoms and equality conditions a profound economic music and exploitation have been improved womens rights of advanced along with the rights of children victims of racial and religious discrimination Indigenous Peoples and persons with disabilities and perpetrators of all refigured Rights Violations ever been prosecuted by international tribunals. But hes also plain that the words of the universal declaration are not yet matched by facts on the grounds in practice people all over the world still in the world constraints on or even total