A conservative legal analyst explains that the left-liberal initiative aimed at depriving Hungary of its voting rights within the European Union on account of its alleged undemocratic practices is unlikely to produce any tangible result. READ MORE
Commenting on a proposed European Citizen’s Initiative to punish Hungary for the alleged violation of basic democratic norms, a conservative columnist thinks that such ‘attacks’ will increase anti-European sentiments in Hungary. READ MORE
While the government prepares its answers to the objections raised by the European Commission, analysts see another and even heavier infringement procedure brewing in Brussels in connection with the extension of Hungary’s nuclear power station. READ MORE
After taking the decision of the European Commission for granted the night before it was due to be announced, Thursday’s dailies launch what will certainly be a drawn-out debate on the extension of Hungary’s nuclear power station in general, and its award to Russia’s Rosatom in particular. READ MORE
The leading left-wing daily blames the absences of a common European migration and refugee framework for attempts by individual EU member states to secure their frontiers and keep refugees out in order to avert a humanitarian crisis within their own territories. READ MORE
Analysts right across the political spectrum study the Polish Parliamentary elections in search of lessons for Hungarian politics and ponder the prospects of Central European regional cooperation. READ MORE
A left-wing columnist comments on the weekend EU mini-summit on migration, and expresses the opinion that PM Orbán has won an important battle as a new consensus emerges on the need to stop ‘illegal migrants’. Other pundits, however, doubt if the proposed EU road plan will help to resolve the refugee crisis. READ MORE
In a comment on the EU mini-summit on migration held in Brussels on Sunday, the leading online news site contends that the leaked road plan may indicate that EU member states have finally realized the importance of coordinating their policies. READ MORE
As the flow of illegal migrants arriving in Hungary has almost stopped since the ‘green border’ was sealed last weekend (25 were registered on Tuesday), newspapers continue their ‘dialogue of the deaf’— some dwelling on the human side of the crisis, while others concentrating on the limits of European endurance and tolerance. READ MORE
A left-wing commentator thinks pro-government critics of European leaders are simply impolite and un-European. A conservative columnist, on the other hand, feels that Hungary has been singled out for unfair treatment in western Europe. The two articles reflect a hundred year old divide that splits “progressives” and “conservatives”, those looking for models in the west versus others accusing it of bias against Hungary. READ MORE