Weeklies on growing interest in Péter Magyar
Monday, April 15th, 2024As the new opposition star is apparently drawing more and more followers, praise and criticism are also becoming stronger and more frequent. READ MORE
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Péter Magyar still in focus
Monday, April 8th, 2024Weeklies attach more importance to Peter Magyar’s appearance on the political scene than during the first two weeks of his sudden surge as the most popular critic of the government. READ MORE
Sceptical comments on Péter Magyar’s new movement
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024Commentators predict no real prospects of success for the one-person movement launched by former Justice Minister Judit Varga’s divorced husband. READ MORE
Weeklies on the challenges facing the government
Monday, March 11th, 2024A full month after the paedophile pardon scandal emerged, the weeklies believe that the subject left a deep scar on the stability of the government, although the opposition is not in better shape than before. READ MORE
Weeklies on events since President Novák’s resignation
Monday, February 26th, 2024Commentators assess a wide range of issues connected to the paedophile pardon scandal, from the role of women in politics to why the opposition parties seem unable to profit from the failures on the government side. READ MORE
Weeklies on resignations and the stability of the government
Monday, February 19th, 2024Just as last week, when weeklies went to print too early to comment on President Novák’s resignation in the wake of the paedophile pardon scandal, this week they were already on the stands when former Culture Minister Zoltán Balog resigned as chief Bishop of the Calvinist church for his role in convincing the President to pardon a man convicted for assisting a paedophile offender. Nor could they react to the demonstration of tens of thousands of people in Budapest on Friday night. Commentators discuss the resignations of the past week and why despite successive crises, the government’s position appears unshaken. READ MORE
Weeklies on Hungary’s relations with the EU
Monday, February 5th, 2024Weekly newspapers went to print before Prime Minister Orbán agreed with the rest of the member countries on Thursday on the contentious issue of financial assistance to Ukraine. Several commentaries are devoted to the tension developing between Hungary and its western allies, nevertheless. READ MORE
Weeklies on Hungary’s spats with its allies
Monday, January 29th, 2024Commentators agree that hindering first Finland’s then Sweden’s accession to NATO, as well as being sanctioned by the European Union and openly criticised by the US administration, have put Hungary in a unique position within the Western alliance, although they offer conflicting explanations. READ MORE
Weeklies on PM Orbán’s concession at the EU summit
Sunday, December 24th, 2023As they all went to print before the start of the EU summit the previous week, weekly newspapers try to make sense of the Prime Minister’s surprise move, one week on. READ MORE
Weeklies on the government’s tug of war with the EU over Ukraine
Monday, December 18th, 2023Weekly newspapers went to print before the EU summit at which the Hungarian government didn’t oppose the decision to start EU accession talks with Ukraine, while vetoing €50 billion in aid to Ukraine over the next four years. But there is much comment in general terms on Hungary’s attitude towards EU enlargement and Ukraine. READ MORE