Title :

Hungary's Ambivalent Discourse Around Its Geopolitical Positioning

Author(s) :

Varga, Renata [Auteur]
Groupe d'Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et COmmunication - ULR 4073 [GERIICO ]
Université de Lille

Scientific editor(s) :

Pellat G.
Šuplata M.
Zafiroski J.

Book title :

Cooperations and Enlargement: Two Challenges to be Adressed in the European Projects

Publisher :

Springer

Publication date :

2023-11

ISBN :

978-3-031-42252-2

English keyword(s) :

Political discourse
Institutionnal discourse
Geopolitical strategy
Neighbourhood Policy
Territorial imagination
Viktor Orban
Hungary

English abstract : [en]

By adopting a communicative approach, this contribution aims to reveal the ambivalent politics of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his geopolitical positioning. We outline three main discourse strategies. First, ...
Show more >By adopting a communicative approach, this contribution aims to reveal the ambivalent politics of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his geopolitical positioning. We outline three main discourse strategies. First, the relationship with the EU is dramatised by the Hungarian government which presents it as a permanent conflict. Second, Hungary’s Euroregional influence is based on several levers, particularly the strategic alliance of the Visegrad Group and neighbourhood policy. The latter is mainly oriented towards the cross-border Hungarian diasporas, which are tightly integrated into the Prime Minister’s political project of unifying the nation. Finally, the rapprochement with autocratic powers such as China, Türkiye and Russia through the establishment of bilateral relations and economic cooperation, serves to build strategic alliances and consolidate Orbán’s leadership on a global level, albeit at the cost of Hungary’s isolation in the European space, especially against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Groupement d'Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et Communication (GERiiCO) - ULR 4073

Source :

Harvested from HAL