The MSZP continues to lose ground
Friday, July 3rd, 2020A centrist analyst thinks the Socialist Party should urgently find a convincing mission for itself – or possibly lose its place in Parliament. READ MORE
SZDSZ – Alliance of Free Democrats – a late obituary
Monday, November 12th, 2018On the 30th anniversary of the foundation of Hungary’s first post-communist liberal party, a former member-turned-critic thinks the organisation played a positive role in creating democracy on the ruins of Communism. READ MORE
Gábor Fodor’s farewell to Parliament
Thursday, February 15th, 2018As the Socialist Party decided to drop Liberal Party Chairman Gábor Fodor as a well-positioned candidate, a left-wing columnist muses that liberalism’s (but not Fodor’s) only chance to survive in politics is to place itself under the protection of Social Democracy. READ MORE
Islam portrayed as a threat to Europe
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018A right-wing pundit contends that all opposition parties from left to right, including Jobbik, are ‘helping Islam subjugate Europe’. A conservative critic of the government agrees that political Islam is a threat to European values, but cautions against what he calls ‘the government’s anti-Islamic rhetoric’. READ MORE
Liberal media accused of double standards
Thursday, October 20th, 2016A pro-government commentator predicts that the Western liberal media will remain silent about the suffering caused by the US-led coalition’s siege of Mosul. READ MORE
Liberal politician proposes grand anti-Fidesz cooperation
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016As a former liberal politician suggests that the Left should cooperate even with Jobbik in order to defeat Fidesz, a pro-government commentator accuses the opposition of serving the interests of global elites. READ MORE
A call to counter the Jihadist threat
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016A migration expert, writing in the leading pro-government daily, claims that the attempt of Europe’s liberal elite to use only “politically correct” language
Liberal elites accused of dogmatism and double standards
Thursday, March 31st, 2016A conservative historian thinks that the liberal elites who like to criticize national and Christian values prefer to rely on ‘politically correct’ dogmas and ideology when talking about migrants. READ MORE
Hungarian reflection on the Cologne gang assaults
Friday, January 8th, 2016A conservative columnist criticizes the liberal media for failing to report on the Cologne and Hamburg assaults. A left-wing pundit thinks proper coverage was impossible in the absence of factual evidence. READ MORE
Migration: the clash of civilizations?
Monday, September 14th, 2015Pundits on both the Right and the Left fear that European civilization, based on Christian and Enlightenment values is endangered by Muslim migrants, whose culture is not compatible with European norms. READ MORE