Two board members of the think tank set up by the last left wing Prime Minister argue for a compromise between right and left in Hungary over the controversial new Constitution. READ MORE
Former Socialist Party chairman and Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány “is not the man capable of resurrecting Hungarian liberalism from the ashes, but is rather one capable of taking the place of and sucking the air from a missing, authentic Hungarian liberal party” – argues Hungary’s number one liberal commentator Sándor Révész in Élet és Irodalom. READ MORE
Hungary after the elections
The April parliamentary elections resulted in a sweeping victory for the right-wing parties. Center right Fidesz secured an absolute majority, and, while left-wing parties suffered an unprecedented blow, the extreme right-wing Jobbik got into Parliament with 16,7 percent of the popular vote. How will Fidesz govern after the landslide victory? Will it weaken democratic institutions by introducing authoritarian measures, or will it start painful and supposedly unpopular structural reforms? Does Fidesz see the extreme right an ally as some left wing liberal intellectuals fear, or will it face the radical challenge by moving to the center? READ MORE