Fidesz not to join Meloni’s ECR
Friday, June 21st, 2024A liberal columnist sees the governing party’s decision not to join the Conservatives and Reformers group in the European Parliament as sour grapes. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘444’ Category
Momentum voted out of the EP and the Budapest City Hall
Friday, June 14th, 2024A liberal analyst finds it paradoxical but also natural that the European elections are about domestic rather than continental issues. READ MORE
PM Orbán opens the last week of the campaign
Tuesday, June 4th, 2024Despite their diverging judgements on the contents of the Prime Minister’s speech, commentators agree in describing the Budapest ‘peace march’ on Saturday as an impressive show of strength. READ MORE
Public TV airs live electoral debate
Saturday, June 1st, 2024In their first reactions, commentators find the debate of the eleven top candidates for the European election interesting although not particularly instructive. READ MORE
A liberal take on Fidesz’s peace-centred campaign
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024A commentator dislikes Pm Orbán’s claim that each and every vote cast for Fidesz is a vote for peace – but admits that it might prove effective. READ MORE
Xi Jinping in Hungary
Friday, May 10th, 2024Commentators agree that the visit of the Chinese leader is an extraordinary event, although with differing undertones. READ MORE
Twin-tailed Dog party survives its first crisis
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024Although the party’s two leaders have now withdrawn their resignations, commentators see the crisis of the past days as signalling the end of the ’fun party’ as we have known it – one making fun of both the government and the opposition. READ MORE
Chinese policemen to patrol in Hungary
Friday, March 8th, 2024A liberal news site accuses the government of putting Hungarian sovereignty in danger, by agreeing to receive Chinese police officers to patrol along with their Hungarian colleagues in Hungarian cities. READ MORE
Western ambassadors put pressure on Hungary to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership.
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024A pro-government commentator compares the US ambassador to erstwhile Soviet oppressors because of his presence at Mondays’ extraordinary session of Parliament which was convened at the initiative of the opposition to vote on Sweden’s accession to NATO but boycotted by the governing majority. A liberal author dismisses such comparison as absurd. READ MORE
PM Orbán re-elected Fidesz chairman
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023A pro-government pundit celebrates Fidesz unity, while liberal commentators point out that Viktor Orbán was the only candidate for party chairman. READ MORE