Csongor Körömi

Freelance reporter, tips here: [email protected]

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Interestingly, respondents from Mediterranean countries mentioned U.S. foreign policy as a threat only slightly less frequently than Russia.

Read more about the perception of the EU's defense prospects in our article with Hanne Cokelaere on POLITICO: https://t.co/YfZ8jIowdf /2

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The closer a country is to Russia, the more likely its people are to see the Kremlin as a top threat to Europe. However, that doesn't mean the EU is viewed as a savior.
That's the takeaway from a new multi-country survey conducted by YouGov in seven EU countries. /1

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Andrej Babiš, the frontrunner in the Czech elections wants to cancel Prague’s ammo initiative, as it costs “too much taxpayer money.”

However, the government argues that canceling the program would harm 🇨🇿’s reputation – and jeopardize supplies for Kyiv. https://t.co/RtFCrIvlor

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“Why are we interested in what Russia thinks about Ukraine?” Mark Rutte asked at @IISS_org 's defense summit, and added it’s not up to Russia to decide if Western troops can be sent to Ukraine as part of any peace deal ending the war.
Read more here: https://t.co/46IwhKU8Eg

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Donald Trump said he got “very angry” after Ukraine damaged a Russian oil pipeline that supplies his friend, Hungary's PM Orbán.
“Viktor — I do not like hearing this," Trump wrote according to a letter published by Orbán's Fidesz party.
Read more here: https://t.co/8jNR3eEBoG

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Although Slovak PM Robert Fico promised “not a single bullet” to Ukraine, Slovakia’s weapons industry is sending arms to the frontline en masse. In 2024, Slovakia's arms exports grew to €1.15 billion – 10x the amount before 2022.
Read more here: https://t.co/hJ4TOiQkXi

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European countries are lining up for NATO's new program that pays the U.S. for weapons to be sent to Ukraine. On Monday, @Defensie pledged €500 million, and then today, Denmark, Sweden and Norway announced a joint package.
Read more here: https://t.co/efF113fR9c

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More than 70 MEPs will attend Budapest Pride on Saturday, despite the 🇭🇺 govt's claim that the event is illegal.
However, organizers found a legal loophole, rendering Viktor Orbán's efforts to ban the LGBTQ event ineffective. Read here w/ @MaxGriera : https://t.co/6IQ4JkajeJ

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Canada signed a major defense deal with the EU, with the aim is to shift Canada's security relationship away from the U.S., and to allow Ottawa to take part in new European defense spending programs.
Our reporting with @stasiuk_yurii and @jacopobarigazzi: https://t.co/WV95aNcOd7

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💌A Szeretünk Brüsszel? adásában arról vitatkoztak, hogy vajon beavatkozik-e az Európai Bizottság a magyar belpolitikába.
🎙️Vendégek: @LattmannTamas, @szofibiro és @krmcsngr
A műsorvezető @EuroSandor

📺https://t.co/W5cjtUyrqX

#SzeretünkBrüsszel #BrusselsMyLove

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What happens if the govt hijacks state media?
I dug deep into the underlying data from the new @risj_oxford Digital News Report and found some striking figures. In 🇭🇺, trust in the openly pro-Orban public broadcaster plummeted to 23% this year.

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@PM_ViktorOrban’s Fidesz submitted a bill to parliament on Wednesday, which would start to blacklist organizations receiving foreign funding, including EU grants, if it deems them a “threat” to national sovereignty.

Read @elenagiordano96’s reporting: https://t.co/qFfKsOeJCP

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🇺🇦’s President Zelenskyy is traveling to Turkey to negotiate with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, his chief of staff said at #cds2025

Yermak added that if Putin refuses to come, it will be "the last signal" that Russia "doesn't want to end the war": https://t.co/x6jSYsncg9

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Checking in from Denmark, where I'll be reporting with my colleagues from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. Let me know if you're in the area to catch up - and follow @POLITICOEurope for our coverage!

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Ukrainian security services arrested two Ukrainian nationals it said were working for Hungarian military intel near the 🇭🇺–🇺🇦 border.
“Agents were also searching for weak spots in land and air defense” in western Ukraine, security services allege: https://t.co/3GfQQYgx0w

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Germany is by far the largest defense spender in Europe, according to @SIPRIorg study, as the continent rearms to face down the threat from Russia.

But even Berlin's spending boost falls short of what Russia is pouring into its military. Read more here: https://t.co/mnhx89xzNV

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Budapest has opened the door to using AI facial recognition to identify people attending LGBTQ+ Pride events.
Now, the EU is looking into whether Hungary’s plan is illegal — marking the first real test of EU's AI rules.
Our story with Pieter Haeck here: https://t.co/tsBApVd2qx

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After nine months on the Breaking News desk, I joined @POLITICOEurope’s Defense team this week. Follow us with @LauKaya and @jacopobarigazzi for the latest scoops in this booming field!

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@PabloSt981 It's a common term in Hungarian politics for issues that have been put on the political agenda by Fidesz in order to polarize voters so that they can capitalize on them - and the press can "chew" on them instead of other, more relevant issues.

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@PM_ViktorOrban made Hungary the first country in the EU to ban Pride marches. His party says they want to keep children safe from LGBTQ+ agenda, opponents say it's just a 'dog’s toy' – but organizers fear whether Hungary is still a democracy. Read more:
https://t.co/ZBN0VXXEuU