’There is a better alternative’, according to Ferenc Gyurcsány
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023A pro-government analyst describes Mr Gyurcsány’s season-opening address as a collection of dangerous ravings. READ MORE
More reactions to PM Orbán’s ’Transit’ speech
Thursday, August 31st, 2023A pro-government columnist praises the Prime Minister’s analysis at the Fidesz ’Transit’ festival last Saturday on what makes the right wing so successful. An independent analyst sees DK leader Ferenc Gyurcsány’s reaction as a ‘response in kind’. READ MORE
Weeklies on the state of the opposition a full year after the last general election
Monday, April 10th, 2023Opposition-leaning commentators paint a desolate picture of the chances of the opposition to vote Fidesz out of office any time soon. A pro-government columnist describes the recipe that in his mind has kept the governing forces unchallenged over the past years. READ MORE
Gyurcsány slams fellow opposition leaders
Saturday, April 8th, 2023An independent analyst agrees with the DK leader who has stated that the opposition couldn’t achieve anything without him. A pro-government analyst suggests that Mr Gyurcsány’ party has grown at the expense of other opposition forces. READ MORE
Row between Momentum and DK continues
Thursday, March 9th, 2023As a prominent Momentum figure condemns Ferenc Gyurcsány’s welcoming gesture to Mrs Rácz Földi, the newly sworn-in MP of his party, a liberal pundit thinks the DK leader did a great service to the government side. READ MORE
Momentum shadow boxes with the DK
Friday, March 3rd, 2023A left-wing analyst believes that Momentum is too weak to seriously challenge the Democratic Coalition. READ MORE
Weeklies on season-opening opposition rallies
Monday, February 13th, 2023Speeches by opposition leaders last weekend, at the start of the new ‘political season’ offer both pro-and anti-government commentators scant evidence that the opposition could mount a credible challenge to Fidesz in the foreseeable future. READ MORE
Opposition starts the new year disunited
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023Commentators on both sides of the political divide are sceptical about the prospects of the opposition posing any kind of threat to Fidesz any time soon. READ MORE
Ruminations on the weakness of the opposition
Monday, January 9th, 2023Commentators all across the political spectrum agree that in its fragmented and weak szate, the opposition is not likely to be a challenge for Fidesz any time soon. READ MORE
Gyurcsány brands Orbán a ‘fascist’
Thursday, December 1st, 2022As Ferenc Gyurcsány calls the Prime Minister a ‘fascist’, a pro-government commentator retorts that the leader of the Democratic Coalition is mentally deranged. READ MORE