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Tributes to Magda Kósa Kovács

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

Commentators praise the defunct Socialist politician for her honesty. READ MORE

Ruminations on increasingly extreme political rhetoric

Thursday, July 6th, 2017

A centrist commentator thinks that a comment by Lajos Bokros, leader of the conservative liberal Modern Hungary Movement, describing Prime Minister Orbán as a ‘fascist’ is counterproductive, and will help the governing party to mobilize its supporters. READ MORE

More intra-Left conflict ahead

Friday, October 3rd, 2014

Analysts on the Left debate whether the left-wing parties should or could support Lajos Bokros as candidate for Budapest mayor despite his neoliberal economic ideas. The leading left-wing daily predicts that after the municipal elections, a new round of intra-Left battles will unfold. READ MORE

Left’s Budapest mayoral candidate Falus steps down

Wednesday, October 1st, 2014

Commentators from right across the political spectrum agree that the Left is in complete disarray and chaos, as the left-wing Budapest mayoral candidate resigns and left-wing parties fail to reach an agreement on whether they should back a conservative candidate instead of Falus in the October 12 local election. READ MORE