Christian Democratic

According to the reports, the institute will be launched with a staff of around 20-30 people and - as is typical for these Fidesz ventures - financed out of taxpayer money.

A conservative theologist, Semjen is leader of the Christian Democratic People's Party, the pseudo-coalition partner of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's governing Fidesz party. In his doctoral thesis, he famously called Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger "the devil".

Almost 208 days after the election, four parties reached an agreement to form the new government of the Netherlands, Deutsche Welle reports.

It will include the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (NPSP) of Prime Minister Mark Ruthe, Christian Democratic Appeal, Democrats 66, and Christian Union.

By Rainer Buergin and Arne Delfs

Chancellor Angela Merkel faces increased dissent as her governing coalition prepares to extend Greece's bailout, backing her policy of keeping the euro area intact.

HDZ leader Tomislav Karamarko said on Thursday after a party meeting in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar that the opposition centre-right party had taken a brave decision in putting up a woman as candidate for the country's presidency.

“She belongs to the HDZ, to the people’s party and to Christian Democratic milieu. And she’s a woman," he said.