Tributes to Magda Kósa Kovács
Wednesday, July 29th, 2020Commentators praise the defunct Socialist politician for her honesty. READ MORE
Ruminations on increasingly extreme political rhetoric
Thursday, July 6th, 2017A centrist commentator thinks that a comment by Lajos Bokros, leader of the conservative liberal Modern Hungary Movement, describing Prime Minister Orbán as a ‘fascist’ is counterproductive, and will help the governing party to mobilize its supporters. READ MORE
More intra-Left conflict ahead
Friday, October 3rd, 2014Analysts on the Left debate whether the left-wing parties should or could support Lajos Bokros as candidate for Budapest mayor despite his neoliberal economic ideas. The leading left-wing daily predicts that after the municipal elections, a new round of intra-Left battles will unfold. READ MORE
Left’s Budapest mayoral candidate Falus steps down
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014Commentators from right across the political spectrum agree that the Left is in complete disarray and chaos, as the left-wing Budapest mayoral candidate resigns and left-wing parties fail to reach an agreement on whether they should back a conservative candidate instead of Falus in the October 12 local election. READ MORE