An influential pro-government historian believes membership in the European Union is felt by Hungarians as a kind of compensation after Soviet rule. As long as the EU remains a union of sovereign states, she writes, it will not disintegrate. READ MORE
In an unusually blunt article even by the standards of a proud iconoclast, a pundit known for his highly opinionated column suggests that Hungarian Jews have not processed the trauma of the Holocaust. This is why, he believes, the Shoah remains a political topic in Hungary, although there are no real dangers threatening the Jewish community. READ MORE
A liberal jurist believes the Biden administration must be a source of concern for the Hungarian government, but he does not expect it to produce fundamental changes in Hungary. A pro-government columnist wonders where the ‘identity politics’ ostentatiously represented by the new administration will lead the United States. READ MORE
A pro-government commentator concedes that last year’s public deficit was extremely high, but in the midst of the pandemic, the government had no other sensible option than to help businesses keep afloat. READ MORE
A left-liberal analyst encourages the government to devise a detailed vaccination plan to avoid chaos if vaccines start to arrive in large quantities. READ MORE
A Fidesz MP says Hungary is ahead of the rest of the EU in its efforts to seek additional vaccines, since reaching herd immunity would otherwise take years. READ MORE
A pro-government columnist hopes that the Hungarian government will be able to establish ‘pragmatic relations’ with the Biden administration. READ MORE
A former MSZP leader urges the opposition to set out the concrete measures they would take if they win next year’s parliamentary election. READ MORE
As their editions last week just missed the assault on Washington’s Capitol Hill by enraged Trump supporters, Hungarian weeklies now devote considerable space to reports and comments on the events. READ MORE
András Fekete-Győr argued that the 700 billion Forints it would thus cost to vaccinate 7 million people would be worth the resulting herd immunity. At present, less than 40 per cent of Hungarians appear willing to get vaccinated, while half of the remaining two-thirds are resolutely opposed to vaccination. READ MORE