Two takes of what’s at stake in the EP election
May 25th, 2019
Two leading media outlets express opposing views on who stands for what in Sunday’s elections for the European Parliament. READ MORE
Tags: EP election, Macron, Orbán
Shortage of Opposition voting observers
May 24th, 2019
A left-wing commentator finds it sad that the combined opposition parties are sending less representatives to oversee the elections than in past years. READ MORE
Tags: EP elections
Conflicting social diagnoses four days before the EP elections
May 23rd, 2019
A left-wing author calls on Hungarians to vote against the government because by centralising decision-making it has done great harm to public services. A pro-government commentator thinks similar opposition charges are unfounded. READ MORE
Tags: centralisation, EP elections
Further comments on Strache’s downfall
May 22nd, 2019
As Austria braces for snap elections in the wake of the video scandal that destroyed the leader of the junior coalition partner, the Hungarian media continues to analyse the scandal that brought down Austria’s coalition government. READ MORE
FPÖ leader Strache resigns over video scandal
May 21st, 2019
A liberal expert asks whether the forces who trapped Austria’s far right leader are also out to destroy his allies throughout Europe. A pro-government analyst believes they wanted to weaken the anti-immigrant forces before Sunday’s European parliamentary elections. READ MORE
Police bans extreme rightwing paramilitary demonstration
May 20th, 2019
A liberal human rights activist welcomes the police’s decision not to allow a march by two extreme-right paramilitary groups in protest against what they call ‘Gypsy terror’. READ MORE
Tags: demonstration, Our Homeland Movement, Roma
EP election campaign enters home stretch
May 20th, 2019
A liberal weekly and the weekend edition of the main dailies assess what is at stake at next week’s European Parliamentary election. READ MORE
Tags: election, EU, European Parliament, Fidesz
Repercussions of the Trump-Orbán summit
May 20th, 2019
Two conservative pundits, one critical of the government, the other a firm supporter, debate whether Hungary’s improved diplomatic relations with the US serve the interests of Hungary. READ MORE
Tags: diplomacy, foreign affairs, Orbán, Trump
Facebook blocks pro-government media sites
May 18th, 2019
An alt-left commentator condemns the decision of Facebook to suspend the sites of the Mediaworks media group. READ MORE
Tags: censorship, Facebook
Hungarian growth rate first in Europe
May 17th, 2019
A left-wing commentator thinks that Hungary’s fast growth rate cannot be sustained. Pro-government columnists find such pessimism ungrounded and politically motivated. READ MORE