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Lessons of Jobbik’s advance

Wednesday, April 15th, 2015

A left-wing commentator dismisses the interpretation that Jobbik’s success in Tapolca was an indication of the radicalisation of Hungarian voters. In unison with other left-wing and conservative columnists, he also calls on the Left to abandon liberal ideology for a social democratic vision in order to challenge Jobbik.
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Jobbik’s victory in Tapolca

Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

In the Tapolca by-election on Sunday, Jobbik candidate Lajos Rig won the nationalist party’s first ever seat in an individual constituency. Commentators across the political spectrum now consider Jobbik a potential challenger to Fidesz. READ MORE

The Tapolca by-election and the ’central power field’

Monday, April 13th, 2015
Analysing the possible outcomes of Sunday’s Tapolca by-election, Hungarian weeklies all call attention to the mounting popularity of the far right Jobbik party. Some even suggest this may signal the demise of the undisturbed rule of Fidesz.

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High stakes at Tapolca

Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

A week before the Tapolca by-election, a conservative analyst admits that the stakes are indeed high for Fidesz, but criticises Cabinet Minister János Lázár for warning local voters of the possible negative consequences of choosing opposition parties. READ MORE

Wake up call from Magyar Nemzet

Saturday, February 28th, 2015

The number one right-wing daily continues its campaign for change in the wake of the two main events of the past month – the open rift between its owner and the Prime Minister on the one hand and Fidesz’s defeat in the Veszprém by-election on the other. READ MORE

More about the Veszprém by-election

Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

Commentators agree that the anti-government candidate won the vacant Veszprém seat in Parliament because he is seen as an outsider who does not belong to either the government or the opposition. Thus his victory is a harbinger of a new phase of the game where government candidates can be beaten but the opposition is not a credible challenger. READ MORE

Fidesz loses two thirds majority

Tuesday, February 24th, 2015

Commentators agree in interpreting the outcome of the Veszprém by-election as a warning for the government and an encouragement to the opposition. READ MORE

Left-wing Veszprém by-election candidate in crossfire

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Commentators both on Left and Right find it highly controversial or even absurd that in the Veszprém by-election the Left supports a libertarian candidate who earlier suggested that voting rights should be conditional on tax payment and that primary education as well as health care should be privatized. READ MORE

Hungary among the stakeholders in Greece

Tuesday, January 27th, 2015

As the rest of the  dailies went to print before the final results of the Greek elections were made public on Sunday evening, the leading left-wing newspaper is the only one to react to Syriza’s victory, which it describes as a ‘wakeup call’. READ MORE

EU to avert break-up

Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

A left-wing commentator predicts that despite all the challenges facing the European Union it will not break-up, and 2015 will not bring major setbacks to the process of European integration. READ MORE