Weeklies on the election
Saturday, April 7th, 2018As the last polls predict the victory of the governing party in the Sunday election, weeklies ponder what may come after April 8. READ MORE
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A campaign-tainted Easter week-end
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018In their last pre-electoral weekend issues, the weeklies only see a slim chance for the divided opposition to defeat the incumbent government, but agree that the election will be decided in the individual constituencies where the fate of more than half the parliamentary seats is sealed. READ MORE
Election campaign in full swing
Monday, March 26th, 2018With just two weeks to go till the Parliamentary election, weeklies and the dailies’ weekend editions discuss corruption scandals and ponder what comes after 8 April. READ MORE
Four weeks until the election
Monday, March 12th, 2018A month before the April election, analysts from right across the political spectrum find it impossible to predict the outcome of the vote. The opposition may stop Fidesz from securing a majority, but it is also possible the Fidesz will win two-thirds of the seats in Parliament once again. READ MORE
Weeklies see election outcome as uncertain
Monday, March 5th, 2018Analysts tend to believe that thanks to the impact of the Hódmezővásárhely mayoral election, opposition parties will probably find a way to field a single candidate in most individual constituencies. This would enable them to mount a serious challenge to Fidesz. READ MORE
New ’Peace March’ scheduled for March 15
Friday, March 2nd, 2018As leading government supporters announce a mass walk in Budapest for the anniversary of the 1848 revolution, a critic of the government thinks Fidesz cannot simply trash its anti-Soros campaign, although it realises its drawbacks. READ MORE
Corruption and marital violence as campaign issues
Monday, February 19th, 2018Commentators try to make sense of a welter of accusations which appear to be central to the political campaigns ahead of the 8 April general election. Most tend to believe that the charges, albeit often politically motivated, are basically not untrue. READ MORE
The MSZP on the brink of disaster
Wednesday, February 14th, 2018As the Socialist Party is measured at barely over the parliamentary threshold for two party alliances, a pro-government analyst does not exclude the possibility that the MSZP will disappear from the political stage after the elections. A conservative critic of the government adds that MSZP voters are the most inclined to vote for a party other than their own. READ MORE
Democratic Coalition’s politician on ‘caftan Jews’
Monday, February 12th, 2018Right-wing pundits lambast a Democratic Coalition luminary for his controversial comments on atheism and Orthodox Jews. READ MORE
Stop Soros to be tabled in Parliament
Wednesday, February 7th, 2018As the government plans to table the so-called ‘Stop Soros’ package of anti-asylum-seeker bills, a conservative critic of the government thinks that the anti-immigrant rhetoric of Fidesz may alienate even some of those voters who otherwise agree with the governing party’s migration policies. READ MORE