Opposition seen as subservient to imperial forces
Monday, November 25th, 2019A pro-government analyst believes public life in Hungary is fatally split between the supporters of nationhood and those of Empire. READ MORE
A radical left-winger launches a wake-up call
Thursday, November 21st, 2019An anti-capitalist author calls for the creation of a strong radical left-wing movement within the opposition. READ MORE
Friendly fire in the weeklies from Right and Left
Monday, November 18th, 2019Two pro-government commentators call on Fidesz to take the results of the October local election very seriously, and change course. A left-wing columnist cautions the opposition against revengeful politics. READ MORE
Opposition candidates excel in repeat local elections
Friday, November 15th, 2019A left-wing and a pro-government columnist ponder the implications of the victory of an opposition candidate who once quoted Adolf Hitler and Ferenc Szálasi (leader of the Fascist Hungarian Arrow Cross Party, executed in 1946) in the repeat election in the city of Jászberény. READ MORE
Hungarian politics still dominated by Right and Left
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019A conservative historian cautions right-wing critics of the government that if Fidesz is defeated, the officials of the pre-2010 left-liberal coalition will be back, and conservatives will be sidelined. READ MORE
Weeklies on the first days of opposition rule in Budapest
Monday, November 11th, 2019Weeklies wonder if the opposition parties who defeated Fidesz in almost half of the big cities, including the capital, will become its real challenger at the 2022 Parliamentary elections. READ MORE
Right-wing analyst sounds the alarm after local elections
Tuesday, October 29th, 2019A pro-government political scientist calls on his governing Fidesz party to roll up its sleeves if it wants to win the parliamentary elections in 2022. READ MORE
Opposition makes headway in local elections
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019In their snap assessments on Sunday’s municipal elections, the leading pro-government daily and a liberal commentator both point out that while the opposition has captured Budapest and almost half the major cities in Hungary, Fidesz is still firmly entrenched in the countryside. READ MORE
The Left braces for the municipal elections
Saturday, August 24th, 2019A liberal commentator calls rural pro-government voters ‘simpletons’ and urges urban left-wing liberals to educate them. A left-wing analyst thinks that the opposition’s efforts to mobilize through petitions and referenda are counterproductive. READ MORE
A left-wing defence of MEPs voting against Fidesz candidates
Saturday, July 20th, 2019A left-wing commentator takes up the defence of the Hungarian Members of the European Parliament, who prevented three Fidesz nominees from being elected vice chairmen of EP subcommittees. READ MORE