Slovakia’s Trianon gesture
June 6th, 2020
A senior commentator welcomes the friendly gesture made by Slovakia’s new prime minister towards the Hungarian minority on the centenary of the Trianon peace treaty. READ MORE
Left- and right-wing interpretations of Trianon
June 5th, 2020
On the centenary of the peace treaty which dismembered pre-World War One Hungary, a left-wing writer and a pro-government analyst offer diverging explanations of past and present. READ MORE
Tags: Trianon
A wake-up call for the opposition
June 4th, 2020
A centrist political scientist thinks the government has been successful in handling the coronavirus emergency, while the opposition has remained almost invisible throughout the past three months. READ MORE
Tags: opposition, polls
Hungary ponders Von der Leyen’s recovery plan
June 3rd, 2020
As 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
Tags: Orbán, von der Leyen
Remembering the 1920 Trianon Peace Treaty
June 1st, 2020
A few days before the centenary of the signing of the Trianon Peace Treaty, pundits across the political spectrum ponder how Hungary should relate to the territorial and demographic loss it suffered a hundred years ago. READ MORE
Tags: transborder politics, Trianon
Radical right-wing demonstration in Budapest
May 30th, 2020
As the radical right-wing Our Homeland Movement calls a rally to protest against what they define as ‘Gypsy crime’, a pro-government and an alt-left commentator offer diametrically opposed views on the causes of racial segregation.
Tags: crime, Gyöngyöspata, Our Homeland Movement, racism, Roma, segregation
Government tables 2021 budget
May 29th, 2020
A pro-government commentator welcomes the government’s desire to boost the economy and help families. A liberal analyst deems the governments’ growth expectations for 2021 unrealistic. READ MORE
Coronavirus emergency ‘to end in mid-June’
May 28th, 2020
A pro-government commentator believes that the termination of the emergency proves that the government did not want to misuse power. A liberal columnist acknowledges the necessity of emergency powers, but also thinks that the government abused its position. READ MORE
Tags: coronavirus, democracy, emergency
Two young men fatally stabbed in downtown Budapest
May 27th, 2020
A pro-government commentator calls for zero tolerance for violent criminals after two young men were left dead after a street brawl. A left-wing commentator interprets the case as the police’s failure to maintain order. READ MORE
Tags: crime
Exchange over ‘localism’
May 26th, 2020
An alt-left and a conservative pundit ponder the prospect of a ‘localist’ ideology shared by both Right and Left. READ MORE
Tags: globalisation, nationalism