LMP leader Schiffer withdraws from party politics
Sunday, May 1st, 2016A conservative columnist suspects that the LMP has little chance of reaching the 5 per cent threshold at the 2018 Parliamentary election without its iconic leader. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Heti Világgazdaság’ Category
Kúria clears the way for referendum on Sunday-closing
Friday, April 8th, 2016Hungary’s top court has authorised an opposition referendum designed to overturn the government ban on shops opening on Sundays. In response, commentators who have for years complained about ‘the end of the rule of law’, express both surprise and cautious satisfaction. READ MORE
Imre Pozsgay remembered
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016Obituaries in the Hungarian press depict a man who played a crucial role in promoting change in the late 1980s in Hungary, but who was sidelined after the first democratic election took place in 1990. READ MORE
Speculation about an anti-Orbán grand coalition
Monday, March 14th, 2016A well-known leftist pundit’s musings on hvg.hu last week have triggered an intense debate about whether a ‘technical’ electoral alliance of opposition parties is on the horizon. READ MORE
Snap election rumours debunked
Saturday, February 13th, 2016A liberal analyst deems it highly unlikely that Fidesz would opt for calling a sudden general election. READ MORE
Government accused of corruption
Monday, February 1st, 2016Commenting on Transparency International’s recent Corruption Perception Index and the selling of state-owned farmland, both a left-wing and a conservative columnist accuse the government of corruption. READ MORE
Liberal commentators attack ‘Emergency State of Terror’ bill
Monday, January 25th, 2016A former Socialist representative puts forward a ’personal conspiracy theory’ about Fidesz’s proposal on the planned ‘Emergency State of Terror’ constitutional amendment, while a liberal commentator calls such laws hotbeds of dictatorship. READ MORE
Top court rejects referendum on Budapest’s Olympic bid
Friday, January 22nd, 2016
Liberal commentators portray Wednesday’s decision by the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court to reject a referendum on Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympic games, as politically motivated. READ MORE
Looking back on the Cologne violence
Monday, January 18th, 2016Commentators unanimously agree in categorizing the sexual assaults by immigrants against women on New Year’s eve in Cologne as a turning point in the history of the latest mass immigration to Europe. Most interpret the scenes of violence as proof that the integration of the new arrivals will be significantly more difficult than German leaders originally thought. READ MORE
Friction over Budapest advertising columns
Thursday, January 7th, 2016A left-liberal weekly accuses the government of abusing its power, as the Budapest Municipal Council removes advertisement columns owned by Lajos Simicska. READ MORE