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The first piece, out today, written by Sean Carroll, is an in-depth investigation into MCC Brussels, the Brussels branch of Hungary’s Mathias Corvinus Collegium. Increasingly influential in the European quarter, the institute has raised questions about its funding sources, structure and rapidly expanding network. Carroll’s article reveals how MCC Brussels is establishing a foothold in the local landscape in an effort to promote a new rhetoric that is already present in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary and Donald Trump’s United States. To receive the articles directly in your inbox, click here.

The launch of Power is part of Contexte’s aim to provide EU professionals with deep insights to decode the complex dynamics shaping European policymaking. It will complement Energy, Contexte’s first European section, launched on 13 May 2025.

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