Brussels’ Dirty Tricks Campaign Against Hungary I MCC Brussels Podcast

About this episode

The episode discusses the EU's interference in the Hungarian election and related political issues in France and anti-Semitic violence in Belgium and the Netherlands.

In this episode, we talk about the EU’s unprecedented digital interference in the Hungarian election, the undemocratic "Cordon Sanitaire" rigging French local politics, and the shameful rise of anti-Semitic violence in Belgium and the Netherlands. Host Jacob Reynolds is joined by MCC Brussels’ Head of Cultural Engagement Agnieszka Kolek and Research Fellow Richard Schenk to discuss the EU's direct intervention in national elections, what the French municipal elections tell us about the cordon...

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Reynolds

Guests: Agnieszka Kolek, Richard Schenk

Topics covered

• EU interference
• Hungarian election
• Cordon Sanitaire
• anti-Semitic violence
• French local politics

Keywords

• EU
• Hungary
• election interference
• Cordon Sanitaire
• anti-Semitism
• Belgium
• Netherlands

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EU, Hungary, France

Places: Belgium, Netherlands

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