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Michael Polignano, John Morgan, Ferenc Almássy
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For the fourth installment of Counter-Currents Radio Weekly, John Morgan and Michael Polignano decided to interview independent journalist Ferenc Almássy, a Hungarian citizen of primarily French and Hungarian descent who is the founder and editor of the conservative news analysis website, The Visegrad Post.
Topics include:
- Introductions: 0:00
- Ferenc explains the purpose and mission of The Visegrad Post: 0:22
- A brief background of the V4: 2:30
- The V4, the EU, and the migrant crisis: 4:38
- Orbán’s Transylvania speech of July 22, 2017: 8:12
- Homo sovieticus, Homo economicus, and the gap between the two Europes: 10:58
- The strengthening of the V4 over the past 12 months: 14:33
- Orbán’s rise to power: 15:12
- Hungary’s economic situation: 19:03
- The wage gap between Hungary and Germany: 24:52
- “The red line” Hungary and other V4 countries cannot cross: 26:10
- Fidesz, Jobbik, and Hungarian party politics: 30:33
- Orbán’s speech and Donald Trump: 37:36
- “Obama made it in Cairo, but Trump made it in Warsaw”: 43:10
- Ferenc’s trip to Bosnia: 45:58
- Unhealed wounds from the Yugoslav war: 49:20
- How Arabs and other non-European Muslims gained a foothold in Bosnia: 51:37
- Salafist colonies in Bosnia and their impact: 54:02
- Ferenc’s visit to a Salafist colony in Bosnia: 57:08
- Ferenc’s own ethnic background and his reasons for leaving his birthplace of France: 63:00
2 Comments
Interesting podcast. Of particular interest is the continued story of Orban’s farstreaming and the success of more and more overt ethnic politics in Hungary (and Central/Eastern Europe as a whole).
Good to hear someone who actually has some understanding of Bosnia. Too many people just talk nonsense while pretending to be experts on the subject.