Soros is the FT’s Person of the Year
Friday, December 21st, 2018A pro-government columnist is dismayed by the decision of the Financial Times to choose George Soros as the Person of the Year. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Figyelő’ Category
Overtime Bill protests: turning point for the Left, or pointless hysteria?
Monday, December 17th, 2018Pro-government commentators suggest that the anti-government protesters have no meaningful political objectives. Left-wing and liberal pundits, on the other hand, hope that the demonstrations can help create a broad anti-government coalition. READ MORE
Moody’s keeps Hungarian credit rating unchanged
Tuesday, November 27th, 2018A conservative economist criticizes the credit rating company Moody’s for not upgrading Hungary’s rating. A left-wing commentator explains Moody’s decision with the still high volume of public debt. READ MORE
Lessons of the 1956 revolution
Monday, October 22nd, 2018A conservative and a liberal pundit recall the 1956 revolution and interpret contemporary politics in the light of past events. READ MORE
EU sanctions looming over Hungary
Monday, October 1st, 2018As the payment procedures of EU funds to Hungary grow ever lengthier and the EU mainstream ponders withholding some of them, while an Article 7 procedure takes shape, commentators are sharply divided in their interpretations of this latest standoff between Brussels and Budapest. READ MORE
Flare ups in culture wars
Monday, July 23rd, 2018After a pro-government historian complained that literature and the arts are still ruled by left-liberal pundits and called for a shift in attitudes, left-wing commentators accuse the government side of nursing dictatorial ambitions in the arts world. READ MORE
The ‘Stop Soros’ bill as an episode in a clash with liberal elites
Monday, June 4th, 2018As Parliament begins to discuss the bill on stricter rules aimed at preventing illegal immigration, commentators place the planned legislation in the context of the government’s feud with the international liberal mainstream. READ MORE
Jobbik in crisis
Friday, May 25th, 2018As a radical figure sets up his own organised faction within Jobbik, one pro-government commentator predicts that the right-wing party is on an irreversible downhill path, while another suspects that the leader of the extremist rebellion is a secret agent. READ MORE
Hungarian GDP grows by 4.7 per cent
Friday, May 18th, 2018As the Central Statistical Office reports first quarter GDP data, analysts across the political spectrum wonder if fast growth can be maintained in the long run, and whether the Forint will weaken against the Euro. READ MORE
PM in conflict with Supreme Court
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018After the Prime Minister’s spokesman has sharply criticised a ruling by the Supreme Court to scrap over 4000 postal votes, which resulted in the loss of one Fidesz mandate, a pro-government columnist urges the state to react. READ MORE