Briefing: Referendum on refugees in Hungary – First defeat for Viktor Orbán

11 October 2016 – VoxEurop

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Referendum on refugees in Hungary
First defeat for Viktor Orbán

Népszabadság, Budapest
The 2 October referendum is invalid after failing to reach the minimum turnout. Even though the ‘no’ campaign against refugee quotas won massively, the Prime Minister has been thwarted for the first time since 2006, says opposition daily Népszabadság a few days before being shut down.

After the referendum in the UK
Lessons from Brexit that can strengthen the EU

SGI news, Gütersloh
Following Britain’s decision to exit the European Union, the EU-27 needs to find ways to recover its popularity and prosperity. Could closer cooperation in defense and a Eurozone Parliament foster the Union’s resilience?

What’s next after the Bratislava Summit?
A European parody

Les Echos, Paris
The latest EU leaders’ meeting was a fiasco for the EU. The time has come for the Union to focus only on the members willing to move forward, argues French consultant Edouard Tétreau.

After the failed coup in Turkey
Refrain from vendetta, Mr. Erdoğan

Authors, journalists and scientists from all over the world are signing this petition, asking the Turkish government to halt its crackdown on the press and the opposition, starting with freeing novelist Ahmet Altan and his brother Mehmet, an Economist and writer.

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