Márki-Zay’s Sunday live stream criticised
Tuesday, January 11th, 2022A left-wing analyst fears that the opposition candidate for Prime Minister is further harming his chances by frequently speaking in public. READ MORE
Weeklies on the stakes in the April election
Monday, January 10th, 2022The two leading liberal weeklies urge the opposition to stand firm behind Péter Márki-Zay, despite his gaffes. A pro-government commentator fears that the national interest would be compromised if Fidesz loses. Another right-wing pundit speculates that foreign powers will intervene to help the opposition in the campaign. READ MORE
Márki-Zay to be left without own parliamentary group
Friday, January 7th, 2022A pro-government commentator writes that the opposition parties wanted to teach Péter Márki-Zay a lesson by not allowing him to put his own candidates on the opposition ballot. A liberal pundit thinks that Márki-Zay’s party could have wooed moderate supporters, thus its exclusion could cost them votes. READ MORE
Márki-Zay’s controversial words on Covid victims
Wednesday, January 5th, 2022A pro-government commentator lambasts opposition frontrunner Márki-Zay for saying that elderly Fidesz voters have been decimated by the pandemic. A left-wing columnist accuses the pro-government media of deliberately defaming Márki-Zay. READ MORE
Liberal pollster finds Fidesz ahead of opposition
Friday, December 31st, 2021A veteran liberal public opinion expert confirms earlier reports which depicted the opposition as too preoccupied with infighting rather than jointly campaigning, barely three months ahead of the next parliamentary election. READ MORE
More analysts see the opposition in crisis
Tuesday, December 28th, 2021A left-wing and a conservative commentator agree that the opposition has lost the momentum it gained during the October primaries when it chose its candidates for Prime Minister and for the 106 individual electoral constituencies. READ MORE
Opposition doldrums
Monday, December 27th, 2021A liberal commentator thinks that growing distrust between the opposition parties is weakening their chances the April Parliamentary election. READ MORE
Weeklies on Macron, Márki-Zay and the Constitutional Court
Monday, December 20th, 2021In their last issues before the end of the year, most weeklies concentrate on the Christmas festivities. Pro-government media largely avoid analysis of the political events of the week, while the main left-wing media find several developments worthy of comment. READ MORE
Márki-Zay asks Gyurcsány not to campaign
Thursday, December 16th, 2021A pro-government commentator doesn’t believe that Márki-Zay can silence Ferenc Gyurcsány. On the contrary, she remains convinced that the opposition frontrunner is the DK leader’s pawn. READ MORE
Medgyessy cautions against illegal constitutional reform
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021The former left-wing Prime Minister disagrees with the intention of Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition front runner, to scrap the constitution and dismiss the heads of constitutional bodies without the required two-thirds majority in parliament. READ MORE