Government side is confident of victory next year
Friday, May 7th, 2021A prominent pro-government analyst believes PM Orbán is likely to win the 2022 elections, but as a democrat, would also accept defeat. READ MORE
School reopening partially postponed
Friday, April 16th, 2021On Thursday, Prime Minister Orbán announced that classroom education will resume on Monday for only the first 4 classes of primary school children. Students in the 5th grade and above will continue to learn online until May 10. READ MORE
Disagreement over vaccination consensus
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021An independent commentator questions the wisdom of the government’s re-opening plans, while a pro-government pundit questions the honesty of the opposition parties’ pro-vaccination campaign, in light of their earlier criticism of the Chinese and Russian jabs. READ MORE
Orbán, Salvini and Morawiecki plan a new right-wing alliance
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021Commentators ponder the chances of the three leaders to unite most European parties to the right of the European People’s Party after their meeting in Budapest on 1st April where they agreed to meet regularly and discuss topical issues. READ MORE
Plans to start reopening Hungary
Monday, April 5th, 2021As Prime Minister Orbán announces plans to gradually reopen the country, including schools, as soon as 2.5 million Hungarians have received their first coronavirus vaccination, a fierce and partisan dispute over the government’s strategy to contain the pandemic rolls on. READ MORE
Dispute over new lockdowns and vaccination rollout
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021Left-wing commentators criticize the government’s vaccination strategy. A pro-government columnist, on the other hand, lambasts the opposition for weakening trust in Eastern jabs. READ MORE
Fidesz in search of a new right-wing bloc in Europe
Monday, March 29th, 2021Last week, the weeklies went to print one or two days before Fidesz announced its final departure from the European People’s Party. Now they offer their analyses. READ MORE
Conflicting analyses on the nature of the ‘Orbán regime’
Monday, March 29th, 2021A renowned liberal economist believes Hungary is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship, while a conservative philosopher thinks that Prime Minister Orbán is bringing the regime change to completion. READ MORE
Coronavirus and vaccination as political battlefields
Monday, March 22nd, 2021As the third wave of the pandemic sweeps through Hungary, commentators from across the political divide discuss the government’s strategy and speculate on the possible date of the end of the emergency. READ MORE
Pope Francis to visit Budapest in September
Thursday, March 11th, 2021A left-wing columnist believes the Pope plans to snub the Hungarian Prime Minister during his visit to Hungary. READ MORE