Government ally urges end to ’negative spiral’ in relations with Brussels
Thursday, May 30th, 2024A veteran conservative diplomat believes Hungary should show readiness to compromise in its relations with the European Union. READ MORE
Diverging interpretations on the short-lived Brussels ban
Friday, April 19th, 2024Commentators agree in condemning the attempt by a Brussels district mayor to ban the National Conservatism conference but not on the context. READ MORE
Attempt to shut down National Conservativism conference in Brussels fails
Thursday, April 18th, 2024Pro-government commentators liken the attempt to ban the conference, at which PM Orbán was due to speak, to 20th century communist practices. READ MORE
Conservative figure warns against confrontation
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023A former diplomat suggests that Hungary should play a more positive role in international relations. READ MORE
Brussels accused of duplicity as Macron overrides Parliament
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023A conservative sociologist believes Mr Macron’s decision to enact his unpopular pensions reform by skipping a vote in Parliament shows what the European mainstream really means by the rule of law. READ MORE
UK leaves EU
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020A commentator in the leading pro-government daily admires the UK for leaving the EU and restoring its national sovereignty. READ MORE
Budapest sends political representative to Brussels
Friday, December 20th, 2019While the Brussels representative of the new left-liberal Mayor of Budapest hopes that the capital can get direct EU subsidies without having to submit applications through the government, a right-wing columnist calls the idea a bluff. READ MORE
PM Orbán defies Brussels on migration quotas
Tuesday, June 20th, 2017A pro-government commentator predicts a long drawn-out confrontation between Brussels and the V4 alliance around the ‘flow’ of migrants into Europe. READ MORE
A debate over ‘Putinophobia’
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017A conservative blogger accuses the Left of baseless anti-Putin fear mongering. In his response, another conservative commentator thinks that fears over Hungary’s Putinization are legitimate to a certain extent. READ MORE
Former chief spy blames allies for Brussels terror
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016A onetime leading intelligence service official condemns western allies who have ridiculed the Belgian secret services after the two terror bombing attacks in Brussels. He claims that Belgian counter-espionage operations have been deliberately weakened at the request of partner services, which are omnipresent in Brussels. READ MORE