Péter Szitás

Nov 18, 2024 | danubeinstitute.hu | Péter Szitás

Research Analysis by our senior researcher Péter Szitás The U.S. elections, which took place on 5 November 2024, resulted in a landslide Republican victory. Donald J. Trump will return to the White House while the GOP won majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Although polls before the election had anticipated a close result, the patriotic side beat progressives by more than seven million individual votes.

May 15, 2024 | danubeinstitute.hu | Péter Szitás

Media appearances New article by Péter Szitás, published in the Hungarian Conservative According to Slovak media, the assailant of Prime Minister Robert Fico is a 71-year-old man from Levice who kept a gun legally. PM Fico is currently undergoing life-saving surgery according to Slovak reports. Not long after the assassination attempt, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán tweeted on X the following: ‘I was deeply shocked by the heinous attack against my friend, Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Dec 19, 2023 | danubeinstitute.hu | Péter Szitás

Research Analysis by Researcher Péter Szitás & Anna Udvari, Intern at the Danube Institute. The Visegrad Group is going through difficult times due to the growing geopolitical tensions and the increasing pressure from Moscow, Brussels and Washington. The regional alliance of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia faces internal and external challenges.

Sep 26, 2023 | europeanconservative.com | Péter Szitás |Michael O'Shea

It’s always a useful gut-check to hear the quiet part out loud. During a recent panel discussion on the upcoming Slovak elections, organized by a globalist Polish think tank and attended by numerous European journalists and economists, panelists expressed contempt for Slovak voters’ apparent frustration with support for the war in Ukraine and economic privations at home. “It will be difficult, but they can be led there,” said one panelist.

Sep 17, 2023 | nationalinterest.org | Péter Szitás |Michael O'Shea

Slovakia will hold elections at the end of this month, just over thirty years after securing an elusive permanent independence. Unelected governments have led the country for nearly a year, as former Prime Minister Eduard Heger resigned following a vote of no-confidence in December 2022, and the country’s president appointed a caretaker “technocratic” government in May of this year.