Pfizer sues Hungary for failed Covid vaccine purchase
Friday, December 8th, 2023A pro-government columnist blames EC President von der Leyen for ordering too many Covid vaccines. READ MORE
Government billboards feature Alex Soros and von der Leyen
Friday, November 24th, 2023A liberal commentator believes Soros Junior is less fit for the role of propaganda scarecrow than his father was. READ MORE
Hungary stalls new EU military aid to Ukraine
Friday, May 19th, 2023A pro-government pundit believes Hungary had no choice but to veto a new tranche of EU aid to Ukraine and a new sanctions package against Russia after hostile gestures by Ukraine. READ MORE
Weeklies on Hungary as an outlier in the EU
Monday, January 30th, 2023Left-wing commentators wonder if the government is paving the way for Hungary to eventually leave the European Union, while a pro-government columnist lambasts left-wing members of the European Parliament who accuse Hungary of corruption, while their peers are under investigation for taking hundreds of millions of Euros in bribes. READ MORE
V4 summit in Budapest
Thursday, November 25th, 2021Prime Minister Orbán calls on the European Union to drop infringement procedures against Hungary and Poland, and help them protect Europe from illegal immigration. READ MORE
Hungary ponders Von der Leyen’s recovery plan
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020As PM Orbán expresses doubts about the €750 billion restart package announced by the European Commission, opinions diverge on why he doesn’t wholeheartedly embrace the project. READ MORE
Trócsányi’s nomination as EU Commissioner blocked
Monday, September 30th, 2019Pro-government outlets are outraged by the decision of the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament to reject Mr Trócsányi’s candidacy. A left-liberal columnist dismisses the PM’s explanation of what happened. READ MORE
France and Germany take asylum seekers from Italy and Malta
Thursday, September 26th, 2019A pro-government columnist calls the agreement reached by the four Interior Ministers ‘a dishonourable pact’, while a liberal commentator thinks Hungary risks remaining isolated with her anti-immigration policies. READ MORE
A left-wing take on Article 7 procedure against Hungary
Thursday, September 19th, 2019A left-wing commentator predicts that the EU will not punish Hungary for the violation of basic democratic norms. He accuses the EU leadership of putting their political interests before the defence of core European values. READ MORE
Future Leyen-Commission described as ‘balanced’
Friday, September 13th, 2019A left-wing analyst believes that the President-elect of the European Commission was trying to satisfy all sides in her distribution of the portfolios among the 27 future Commissioners. READ MORE