Jozsef Antall is turning in his grave
The Hungarian Atlantic Council (HAC) established the so called „Jozsef Antall Prize” in September 2023, and decided to award it for the first time to Prof. Dr. E. Szilveszter Vizi (Honorary President of the HAC), Ms Anna Felkai, (‘Vice-President’) and Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO. No doubt, the recipients deserve it, although it should be noted that contrary to press reports, Anna Felkai was at that time no longer HAC’s Vice-President. She resigned her post after President Gyorgy Csoti had put aside a letter addressed to him via the executive vice president, without answering it. At the 2023 February meeting of the Executive Board, he refused to put the issues raised in the letter on the agenda, and removed the vice-presidents' remarks on the subject from the minutes. For Ms Felkai, the recognition she has received may have been a 'consolation prize' to silence her, because earlier she had harshly criticized the new Secretary of the HAC, who had taken ove...