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| − | Several Central European countries, including Hungary and Poland, politically and culturally lean [[conservative]], and they challenged the left-wing social and immigration policies of the European Union.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (January 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/01/not-blackmailed-10-times-central-europe-defied-eu/ ‘We Won’t Be Blackmailed’: 10 Times in 2017 Central Europe Defied the EU]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2018.</ref><ref>Lane, Oliver JJ (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/10/23/1956-hungarian-revolution-central-europecare-more-freedom-than-west/ 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Why Central Europe Seems to Care More About Freedom Than the West]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref><ref>Beaucar Vlahos, Kelley (October 24, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/what-the-1956-uprising-says-about-hungary-today/ What the 1956 Uprising Says About Hungary Today]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved October 25, 2019.</ref> | + | Several Central European countries, including Hungary and Poland, politically and culturally lean [[conservative]], and they challenged the left-wing social and immigration policies of the European Union.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | + | *Friedman, Victoria (January 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/01/not-blackmailed-10-times-central-europe-defied-eu/ ‘We Won’t Be Blackmailed’: 10 Times in 2017 Central Europe Defied the EU]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 1, 2018. |
| | + | *Lane, Oliver JJ (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/10/23/1956-hungarian-revolution-central-europecare-more-freedom-than-west/ 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Why Central Europe Seems to Care More About Freedom Than the West]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019. |
| | + | *Beaucar Vlahos, Kelley (October 24, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/what-the-1956-uprising-says-about-hungary-today/ What the 1956 Uprising Says About Hungary Today]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved October 25, 2019. |
| | + | Politically and geographically, Central and Eastern Europe overlap: |
| | + | *Krastev, Ivan; Holmes, Stephen (October 24, 2019). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/24/western-liberalism-failed-post-communist-eastern-europe How liberalism became ‘the god that failed’ in eastern Europe]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved October 27, 2019.</ref> |
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