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Inflation and deficits may upset Hungary’s economy

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HUNGARY

Hungary’s inflation rate was the EU’s highest in spring 2021. Spending promises and tax cuts ahead of elections due by spring 2022 are widening the budget deficit. Prime…

Conservative line will delay Turks' gender progress

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TURKEY

He claimed Turkey had implemented many reforms to improve women's situation, but he and those around him have adopted an increasingly conservative discourse on women and been…

E-levy may buy Ghana some fiscal space

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GHANA

Scheduled to go into effect on May 1, the bill represents a response by the government to address serious economic challenges, with the country facing historically high inflation…

Teacher protests to impact Poland and Hungary politics

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POLAND/HUNGARY

Hungary and Poland have since 2022 seen a powerful wave of protests and strikes by educators and students. In both countries, teachers have challenged the overhaul of national…

EU gender strategy will struggle to close rising gaps

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EU

Her Commission is making a concerted push to advance gender equality. To that end, it has brought forward an integral element of its 2020 Gender Equality Strategy (GES): a draft…

EU’s troubles will increase support for radical right

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EU

A combination of factors is driving the rise of the far right: perceptions that authoritarian-inclined elites are competent, the normalisation of authoritarian attitudes among the…

Swedish policies will be influenced by far-right party

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SWEDEN

SD, previously a pariah, increased its vote share to 20.5%, from 17.5% in 2018. It is the largest rightist party in a bloc that has a three-seat majority. The centre-right parties…