Tamás Ibolya is a Copenhagen-based independent political analyst and former Hungarian diplomat. In the course of his diplomatic career he served as Head of Secretariat of the Deputy State Secretary for EU External Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary and subsequently as political counselor at the Embassy of Hungary in Copenhagen. In the latter capacity he extensively reported on Danish positions on EU policies and on Danish domestic politics.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A vote of no confidence: explaining the Danish EU referendumThe six parties endorsing a yes-vote represented more than 60% of the parliamentary mandates. Still, they were rejected by an electorate fundamentally divided from them on EU-issues.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hungary’s refugee policy: fencing off the countryThe rapidly increasing influx of asylum-seekers poses a huge challenge to Hungary. The government responds with a complete lack of solidarity, massive demagoguery and arm-twisting in Brussels.