@tombaldwin66.bsky.social, @iandunt.bsky.social and @nixonsimon.bsky.social all make a good case for rejoining the EU, but this is why we shouldn't. bit.ly/4uEZKbu

🔊New 242.news podcast with @gscheiring.bsky.social, @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones talking 🇭🇺 election, new government's policies and what next for Viktor Orbán and Fidesz. Subscribe at ... bit.ly/242podcast apple.co/40NZR7L bit.ly/spotify242pod

🇭🇺 In case you missed it, listen to our extensive interview with Péter Magyar‘s political biographer at: open.substack.com/pub/twentyfo...

🔊Final 242.news Hungary election podcast out! Ábel Bede and @gabrielagreilinger.com join Tim G. Jones and @pbergsen.bsky.social for a state of play before Sunday's crucial election. Go to ... bit.ly/242podcast apple.co/40NZR7L bit.ly/spotify242pod bit.ly/242Hungary

Iranian control over Hormuz, enrichment, the lifting of sanctions and China’s 100% knowledge the US is a paper tiger. The UK aggressively pursuing a path back to Europe and Ukraine a regional power. Lose Hungary at the weekend after Vance’s intervention and it’s a hat trick for Art of the Deal.

Fascinating @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social piece on yet another example of the Orbánist foreign intellectual welfare state. If Magyar does win on 12 April, a string of post-liberal welfare queens will be competing with eachother in the free market, poor darlings.

🔊 New 242.news podcast: “Those people don’t care about Vance” - Miklós Sükösd on JDVance in Budapest and the Péter Magyar phenomenon. Listen at: bit.ly/242podcast apple.co/40NZR7L bit.ly/spotify242pod bit.ly/242Hungary

🔥Days to go! Whether Viktor Orbán wins or loses, Hungary's April 12 election will be felt across the world. The Twenty-Four Two podcast has covered the campaign since January. To catch up, subscribe (free) at: bit.ly/242podcast apple.co/40NZR7L bit.ly/spotify242pod ... bit.ly/242Hungary

🔊New 242.news podcast on Hungary's impending election with László Andor of @feps-europe.eu, @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones. To hear the whole election series, go to bit.ly/242podcast, apple.co/40NZR7L or bit.ly/spotify242pod.

🔊New 242.news podcast on lessons of Europe's fragmented and bloody past for its future as "ruthless" Great Powers circle, as historian Roderick Beaton discusses his 'Europe: A New History' @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. To listen, go to bit.ly/242podcast or apple.co/40NZR7L.

🔊New 242.news podcast on Hungary's looming election with Dávid Jancsics of @sdsuresearch.bsky.social, @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones on corruption. To hear the whole election series, go to bit.ly/242podcast or apple.co/40NZR7L.

🔊Podcast: "Hungary would probably be hit harder than many others" - @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones discuss Trump's energy-price gift to Viktor Orbán, Hungary's dire economy, the latest polls, and a vicious anti-Ukraine campaign. twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/hungary-wo...

Who is Klaas Knot, frontrunner to succeed Christine Lagarde @ecb.europa.eu? How would he respond to the latest energy-price shock? Would he ever take rates negative again or trigger QE? To find out, subscribe (free) to 242econ.substack.com.

🔊Podcast: “Hungary is trailing behind Russia by 10 years” - Márton Schlanger of pollster Republikon joins @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones to discuss what the polls are telling us five weeks before Hungary's election day: bit.ly/3OXWIzt

🔊Podcast: Tim G. Jones, @pbergsen.bsky.social, Bill Farren-Price and @simontaylor71.bsky.social discuss 🇺🇦🇷🇴 energy dispute, Péter Magyar’s increasing poll advantage, fears of election delay, Viktor Orbán’s miscalculations around “Peak Trump”, and the EU’s wilful inertia. bit.ly/46ywz0f

Former foreign minister Géza Jeszenszky saw this coming on 15 February - listen to his warning on the ‘Twenty-four two’ Hungary special … podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Listen here to Direkt36 co-founder András Pethő discuss 'The Trap', reporting in a backsliding democracy, and The Washington Post crisis on the latest 242.news Hungary podcast out today! twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/fidesz-are...

🔊New Podcast out! "A kind of false flag operation may be committed" Géza Jeszenszky, Hungary’s ex foreign minister, warns Orbán's attacks on Ukraine may presage a constitutional coup on Twenty-Four Two with @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones. twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/a-kind-of-...

🔊New Podcast out! “Trump hasn't been the boon to Orbán that many expected” @zecsaky.bsky.social from @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social on the European impact of Hungary's election on the Twenty-Four Two podcast with @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones. twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/trump-hasn...

🔊Podcast: “People are waiting for change, so there is a huge expectation” Hungarian 'red baron' Gábor Bojár explains why liberals should use Péter Magyar's to topple Viktor Orbán on the Twenty-Four Two Podcast. with @pbergsen.bsky.social and Tim G. Jones. twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/people-are...

🔊New 242.news podcast: Hungarian lessons for the Trump-era Fed. "Since Covid, Hungary couldn't get out from stagflation so there is no growth and high inflation," says Júlia Király, who experienced Viktor Orbán’s central bank takeover from the inside. twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/the-centra...

🔊242.news podcast: “Péter Magyar is a much more dangerous opponent for the government than any other former challenger”. 2026 Hungary election special co-hosted by @pbergsen.bsky.social with pollster Dániel Róna on how Viktor Orbán can still win: open.substack.com/pub/twentyfo...

"Why should Americans have all the fun?" Have you been deranged by a decade of Trumpism? Do you need a nail-biting political battle over the future of liberal democracy but without Orange Man and his cult? If so, this is the podcast series for you. www.youtube.com/shorts/ORK7F...

🔊242.news podcast: "The point is how Orbán can react to a possible defeat". 2026 Hungary election special co-hosted by @pbergsen.bsky.social with Stefano Bottoni on Viktor Orbán's political odyssey. Listen and subscribe (free) to www.242.news at: twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/the-point-...

🔊Podcast: “Hungary is to the American right what Sweden used to be to the American left”. The new weekly 'Twenty-Four Two' 2026 Hungary election special series opens with @kimlanelaw.bsky.social. Listen and subscribe (free) to www.242.news at: twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/podcast-hu...

🔊242.news podcast: "The politics of nostalgia" - interview with @pjthinker.bsky.social (@politybooks.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social) on the "dead end" of post-liberalism. twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/podcast-th...