The political landscape after the referendum
Monday, October 10th, 2016Commentators across the political spectrum ponder the implications of the 2 October quota referendum for the main parties and their mobilization strategies. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Heti Válasz’ Category
Satirical party to run for Parliament
Friday, October 7th, 2016A conservative columnist calls the decision by the satirical Twin-Tailed Dog party to run for seats in Parliament a bad joke. READ MORE
Quota referendum countdown
Monday, September 26th, 2016A week ahead of the October 2 referendum on the EU migrant distribution quota, weeklies and weekend editions of the leading dailies wonder how the migration crisis should be handled, and ponder the broader implications of the referendum. READ MORE
Foreign Minister Szijjártó on European “no-go zones”
Saturday, September 24th, 2016Pro-government columnists side with Foreign Minister Szijjártó, who in successive interviews with
Cardinal Schönborn’s ‘U-turn’ on Muslim immigration
Saturday, September 17th, 2016A conservative commentator remarks that the Archbishop of Vienna, who now warns of ‘a third attempt by Islamists to conquer Europe’, was a harsh critic of Hungary’s measures against illegal immigration last year. READ MORE
Luxembourg Foreign Minister would expel Hungary from the EU
Thursday, September 15th, 2016A left-wing daily and a conservative commentator both consider the termination of Hungary’s EU membership as proposed by Mr Asselborn as an exaggerated reaction to the bitter divergences which have emerged over the migration crisis. READ MORE
Együtt sides with Pope and Merkel over migration
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016A conservative commentator contends that the left-liberal party is condemning itself to oblivion by sticking its own announcements over the posters of the governing party advertising the ’quota referendum’. READ MORE
Terrorism in Europe – a clash of civilizations?
Monday, August 1st, 2016Conservative papers interpret the recent terror attacks as harbingers of a clash of civilizations in Europe. Left-wing commentators, on the other hand, fear that the civilizational war rhetoric is used by authoritarian governments to justify their methods. READ MORE
German terror spree in focus
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016Left-wing pundits commenting on the German terror attacks caution against fear mongering and fomenting anti-migrant hysteria. Conservative columnists, on the other hand, think that the events prove the failure of multicultural integration and even suggest that Chancellor Merkel is complicit in the horrible crimes. READ MORE
Hunvald elected local MSZP Chairman
Thursday, July 7th, 2016A former district mayor who is on trial for corruption has been elected chairman of the Socialist Party organisation in the neighbouring district. Commentators wonder if this is what the Socialist Party means by renewal. READ MORE