Fidesz in search of a new right-wing bloc in Europe
Monday, March 29th, 2021Last week, the weeklies went to print one or two days before Fidesz announced its final departure from the European People’s Party. Now they offer their analyses. READ MORE
Further ruminations on Fidesz outside the EPP
Thursday, March 18th, 2021A conservative commentator says Fidesz left the EPP because it abandoned Christian values. The leading left-wing weekly contends that Fidesz MEPs will lose their influence in the European Parliament. READ MORE
Weeklies on Fidesz’s future outside the People’s Party
Monday, March 15th, 2021Although Fidesz has only left the People’s Party group within the European Parliament, weeklies take it for granted that it will also leave the European Christian democratic alliance itself. They wonder what comes next. READ MORE
Liberal party founder hopes for opposition victory
Monday, March 15th, 2021Philosopher János Kis sees next year’s parliamentary election as a crucial episode in the ‘Hundred Years War’ between left and right in Hungary and doesn’t exclude a sweeping opposition victory. READ MORE
Fidesz in search of allies in the EP
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021A pro-government commentator elaborates on the Prime Minister’s plan to create a new right-wing pole within the European Parliament after Fidesz left the People’s Party group last week. READ MORE
Fidesz quits EPP group
Friday, March 5th, 2021Pro-government columnists in unison welcome the Fidesz decision to quit the EPP Parliamentary group. Left-wing commentators, on the other hand, predict that Fidesz will lose much of its influence in the EU. READ MORE
PM Orbán warns Fidesz may quit EPP group
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021Commentators express diametrically opposing views about the prospect of Fidesz leaving the People’s Party group within the European Parliament. READ MORE
Liberal analyst on the chances of the opposition in 2022
Wednesday, January 6th, 2021A political scientist from the Central European University (CEU) studies the latest opinion polls and cautions the opposition against believing that they have already closed the popularity gap and caught up with Fidesz. READ MORE
Two centrist analysts on the Szájer scandal
Saturday, December 5th, 2020Now that the Prime Minister has condemned his long-time close ally for his part in a male sex party in Brussels, one analyst thinks the scandal will change nothing in Hungarian politics, while the other is not so sure. READ MORE
More repercussions of the Borsod by-election
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020Pundits across the political spectrum ponder the implications of the joint opposition candidate’s defeat in the Borsod 6 district by-election. READ MORE