Pegasus spyware admittedly used in Hungary
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021A left-wing commentator is flabbergasted by the admission that the Hungarian authorities have in fact purchased the Pegasus spyware program. READ MORE
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Ruminations on Márki-Zay’s political vision
Tuesday, November 9th, 2021An alt-left commentator sees Péter Márki-Zay as a pro-market neo-liberal politician. A pro-government commentator thinks that the opposition frontrunner wants to woo right-wing voters by pretending to endorse Christian conservative values. READ MORE
Government announces new Covid restrictions
Monday, November 1st, 2021A left-wing commentator criticizes the government for not making vaccination mandatory. Union leaders, on the other hand, fear for workers’ rights, as employers will be authorized to make work conditional on green passes. A pro-government pundit finds left-wing critics irresponsible. READ MORE
Supreme Court narrows down government’s ‘child protection’ referendum
Monday, November 1st, 2021A left-wing liberal commentator welcomes the Curia’s decision to dismiss one of the government’s referendum questions on the controversial child protection law. Magyar Narancs concedes that as the ruling shows, courts still are ‘to a certain extent’ still independent. READ MORE
Fears expressed of foreign electoral influence
Saturday, October 30th, 2021Two pro-government commentators are worried about the possibility of foreign interference in next April’s parliamentary election. READ MORE
Poland and EU on a crash course
Friday, October 29th, 2021Left-wing and liberal commentators interpret the latest ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court on a verdict by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) as a declaration of the primacy of Polish over EU law. They deem this an existential threat to the unity of the EU. A liberal legal expert describes the issue as juridically not fully unequivocal. READ MORE
Prime Minister Orbán meets Marine Le Pen
Thursday, October 28th, 2021A left-wing commentator remarks that Marine Le Pen has tried to repair her party’s hitherto poor image as an antidemocratic force, while on the other hand Prime Minister Orbán is doing the opposite – seeking new allies on the far right, after leaving the more centrist European People’s Party. A pro-government columnist rejects the view of a Socialist MEP that Mr Orbán is teaming up with an unpalatable politician. READ MORE
Former Jobbik leader on chances of opposition
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021Gábor Vona believes that the opposition parties face tough battles ahead which could jeopardize their unity. Such challenges will prevail even if they win the April election. READ MORE
1956 in 2021
Tuesday, October 26th, 2021In their speeches on October 23, both Prime Minister Orbán and the leaders of the opposition claimed that they are the true heirs of the 1956 freedom fighters. READ MORE
Weeklies on the opposition primary home stretch
Monday, October 18th, 2021Weeklies published before the closing of the opposition primary on Saturday assessed the chances of the frontrunners, their prospects in the April general election and the main tasks of the opposition, after the primary. READ MORE