Opposition wants the President to be elected by plebiscite
Saturday, February 17th, 2024The left-wing daily devotes two comments on the same day to support the constitutional reform proposed by most opposition parties. READ MORE
Government to revive old public administration terminology
Friday, June 24th, 2022Two left-wing commentators disagree on whether the reintroduction of historical names for administrative regions of the country, as proposed by a Fidesz MP, are further proof of an authoritarian turn in Hungary. A pro-government columnist finds absurd the suggestion that the renaming process would take Hungary back to feudalism. READ MORE
Medgyessy cautions against illegal constitutional reform
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021The former left-wing Prime Minister disagrees with the intention of Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition front runner, to scrap the constitution and dismiss the heads of constitutional bodies without the required two-thirds majority in parliament. READ MORE
Márki-Zay pledges to call referendum on the constitution
Monday, November 15th, 2021A left-wing liberal commentator finds it unlikely that the opposition could revise the constitution through a referendum if elected to govern without a two-thirds majority in Parliament. READ MORE
Weeklies on discord within the opposition over proposals to scrap the 2011 constitution
Monday, October 4th, 2021Commentators across the political spectrum wonder whether, if they win the election next April, the opposition could or would revoke the Fundamental Law – even in the absence of the required two-thirds majority in Parliament. READ MORE
Voting in opposition primaries underway
Monday, September 20th, 2021As voting begins in the opposition primaries to choose PM Orbán’s challenger, weeklies and the weekend editions of dailies wonder whether the opposition would and could overhaul the constitution even in the absence of the required two-thirds majority. READ MORE
Leftist icon cautions against hatred in electoral campaign
Saturday, September 11th, 2021An iconic leftist philosopher warns opposition politicians that hateful campaign messages do not make those who use them any better than their opponents – and only produce havoc and injustice. READ MORE
Conservative lawyer opposes ’constitutional revolution’
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021One of the protagonists of the 1989/1990 regime change dismisses the idea, put forward by several opposition-leaning intellectuals, that if the opposition wins the elections next year, the new parliament can simply scrap the Fundamental Law, even without the required two-thirds majority in Parliament. READ MORE
Opposition debate continues on how to revoke the constitution
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021On consecutive days, the left-wing national daily carries two diverging opinions about whether the Left should swiftly abolish the Fundamental Law passed by the Fidesz majority in 2011. READ MORE
Opposition discusses chances of electoral victory
Monday, May 24th, 2021The editor-in-chief of a left-wing weekly promises impartial coverage of the upcoming opposition primaries, while a close associate of Budapest Mayor and potential opposition frontrunner Gergely Karácsony ponders the possibility of rolling back pivotal legislation carried through by Viktor Orbán’s cabinet. Finally, a political scientist ruminates on the distribution of power between government and opposition within the Hungarian party system. READ MORE