Fidesz dissolves local branch after lost election
Saturday, January 28th, 2023A left-wing columnist calls on the left to learn from its own failures – just as Fidesz does. READ MORE
Opposition candidate wins Jászberény by-election
Thursday, January 19th, 2023Commentators ponder the implications of the Jászberény mayoral by-election victory, by a Jobbik candidate supported by most left-wing parties. READ MORE
Fidesz popularity remains unscathed
Thursday, December 22nd, 2022In a comment on a recent by-election result in Budapest, a left-wing columnist fears that the opposition is losing whatever has remained of its credibility and support. READ MORE
Weeklies on opposition doldrums
Monday, July 4th, 2022The weeklies contemplate the prospects of the opposition, after the thrashing opposition candidates suffered in last Sunday’s local by-elections across the country. Editors agree that thorough changes would be necessary for the opposition to become a match for Fidesz. READ MORE
Left-wing analysts on the dismal state of the opposition
Friday, July 1st, 2022Two leftist political scientists describe the state of the opposition as critical, but one also believes the government will not withstand the trial of the coming years. READ MORE
More comments on the opposition’s by-election disaster
Wednesday, June 29th, 2022Commentators on both sides of the political divide describe the performance of opposition parties at 70 local elections on Sunday as derisory. READ MORE
Opposition loses by-elections
Tuesday, June 28th, 2022The Mayor of Budapest calls the results of Sunday’s local by-elections throughout the country ‘disheartening’. READ MORE
Opposition braces for next year’s election
Monday, March 1st, 2021As opinion polls put the opposition parties combined at just over 50 per cent of probable voters, pundits in left-liberal weeklies ponder their chances and the tools available to them, to defeat Fidesz next year. READ MORE
Fidesz candidate elected Mayor of Győr
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020Commentators ponder whether the victory of the government side at the Győr mayoral by-election puts an end to a series of opposition successes. READ MORE