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How Orbán’s Anti-Ukraine Crusade Fuels Hungary’s Election War Machine
10 October 2025
While Central and Eastern Europe is rapidly developing, it will take a few more generations for welfare levels in the EU’s East and West to become comparable, but these societies need the talents and liberal mindsets of those who’ve emigrated to return to their home countries.
Regardless of the European Union cohesion funds which have contributed to the rapid development in the new member states allowing them to approach Western European levels of welfare, the risk of the middle-income trap has emerged. And what of the ever louder ticking demographic bombs!
Nevertheless, there are other ways to accelerate true unification of Europe – through Eastern European countries regaining their immigrants. Not only the Eastern countries should be interested in this but also the Westerners.
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