Hungarian conservatives launch English-language journal
This month, we are witness to an eyebrow-raising development in Hungary. A new English-language journal entitled
Hungarian Conservative is being launched on April 15th by the Batthyány Lajos Foundation a non-profit group dating back to 1991 and established by Hungary’s first democratically elected prime minister, József Antall. The Batthyányi Circle of Professors, affiliared with this foundation, has been critical of Viktor Orbán in the past. The new journal’s editor-in-chief is the former ambassador to Ireland between 2011 and 2015 and university professor Tamás Magyarics, whose research focuses on twentieth century American history. Also on the editorial board is Gyula Kodolányi, a writer and former advisor to Prime Minister Antall on foreign policy matters. Present as well is John O’Sullivan, the late Margaret Thatcher’s speech writer. Others involved include Gellért Rajcsányi, a journalist with Mandi