Twin-tailed Dog Party slammed for ‘playing into Fidesz’s hands’
March 15th, 2023
A liberal pundit doesn’t believe that a party solely based on vitriolic sarcasm can advance the cause of democracy.
Tags: polls, Twin-Tailed Dog
Cabinet Minister accused of using Nazi terminology
March 14th, 2023
Pro-government columnists reject a remark by a historian who slammed Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyás for using what he interpreted as Nazi language. READ MORE
Weeklies on Hungary’s attitude towards the war in Ukraine
March 13th, 2023
Pro-opposition commentators accuse the government of condoning Russia’s aggression when it opposes the sanctions being imposed on Russia. Pro-government authors praise what they see as the only independent voice in Europe. READ MORE
A call to end opposition infighting
March 11th, 2023
A veteran socialist politician urges opposition parties to regroup in time for next year’s local and European elections. READ MORE
Tags: elections, opposition
Row between Momentum and DK continues
March 9th, 2023
As a prominent Momentum figure condemns Ferenc Gyurcsány’s welcoming gesture to Mrs Rácz Földi, the newly sworn-in MP of his party, a liberal pundit thinks the DK leader did a great service to the government side. READ MORE
Navracsics to discuss Erasmus controversy in Brussels
March 8th, 2023
Concessions made so far by Hungary to satisfy EU conditions for allowing foundation-run universities to accede to student and researcher exchange programmes, seem to have been found unsatisfactory in Brussels. Columnists express diametrically opposing views on the matter. READ MORE
Tags: Erasmus, European Union, Navracsics, universities
Hungarian delegates to meet Swedish and Finnish lawmakers for talks on NATO accession bid
March 7th, 2023
The government side finds it necessary to clarify the position of the two Nordic countries about Hungary before the Hungarian Parliament ratifies their accession to NATO, while a left-wing commentator decries what he sees as the loss of Hungary’s ‘last friend’ – Finland. READ MORE
Weeklies on Hungary’s conflicts with Western allies
March 6th, 2023
Opinions diverge on the rights and wrongs of the Hungarian government, but commentators agree that there is growing friction between Hungary and its partners in the Western alliance. READ MORE
Vote to approve Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids postponed
March 4th, 2023
Commentators take it for granted that despite a two-week delay, parliament will ratify the request of the two Nordic countries to join NATO. READ MORE
Tags: Finland, NATO, Parliament, Sweden, Ukraine