Weeklies on the election
Saturday, April 7th, 2018As the last polls predict the victory of the governing party in the Sunday election, weeklies ponder what may come after April 8. READ MORE
Former PM Gyurcsány urges opposition coordination
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018As Ferenc Gyurcsány invites opposition leaders including Jobbik’s Gábor Vona to coordinate their electoral strategies, a pro-government columnist thinks that by the April election, a broad anti-Fidesz coalition of left-wing parties and Jobbik will emerge. READ MORE
An insider on the gossip about Fidesz agents within the Left
Saturday, February 3rd, 2018A veteran left-wing columnist criticises both George Soros and DK leader Ferenc Gyurcsány, for accusing unspecified left-wing personalities of conniving with the incumbent government. READ MORE
Intellectuals call for Left-Jobbik alliance
Thursday, February 1st, 2018As 26 intellectuals call on voters to cast their ballots for the strongest opposition candidate in individual constituencies, one blogger thinks they have failed to consider what might happen on the day after the election. An analyst thinks believes that such across-the-board opposition collaboration does constitute a real threat to Fidesz. READ MORE
Debate on boycotting the election
Monday, January 15th, 2018Left-wing commentators agree that the opposition has little chance to defeat Fidesz in the next election, and wonder whether the Left should boycott the ballot. READ MORE
Left seen in a hopeless situation
Friday, January 12th, 2018A left-wing sociologist thinks that the Left has little chance of boosting its popularity before the 8 April election, as it lacks a credible vision as well as charismatic leaders. READ MORE
György Konrád’s speculations about PM Orbán’s eventual demise
Wednesday, January 10th, 2018A pro-government columnist suggests that the liberal writer is advocating violence when he projects a future scenario in which the PM may have to choose between quitting or being killed. An alt-left commentator thinks the scenario Mr Konrad sketched is mistaken, but non-threatening. READ MORE
Vona describes Jobbik as ‘the last bastion of democracy’
Saturday, December 30th, 2017As Jobbik leader Gábor Vona claims that his party is the ‘last bastion of democracy’, a pro-government commentator accuses him of pure opportunism. A left-wing blogger also dismisses the idea that Mr Vona would in any way be a defender of democracy. READ MORE
Left-wing parties still fighting each other
Wednesday, December 13th, 2017A left-wing commentator explains the MSZP’s decision to nominate Párbeszéd‘s Gergely Karácsony as candidate for PM as proof that left-wing parties, including the Socialists, have lost any hope of winning the April election. READ MORE
A left-wing outsider cautions against alliance with Jobbik
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017A well-known Marxist philosopher argues passionately against the idea of a Left-Jobbik alliance, as the supposedly only way to vote the incumbent government out of office. He places his arguments in a broad-brush tableau depicting the rise of the right and the demise of the Left and of Liberalism. READ MORE