Conservative economist calls for more subsidies for mothers
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019A conservative economist suggests that even more subsidies are needed for parents to restore traditional family values and to boost the birth rate.
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Archive for the ‘Magyar Hírlap’ Category
Sebastian Kurz in search of coalition partners
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019A left-wing columnist hopes that the Austrian People’s Party will form a government with the Greens rather than the anti-immigrant FPÖ. A conservative commentator wishes just the opposite. Another pro-government analyst finds it undemocratic that voters have no leverage over coalition arrangements. READ MORE
US to relaunch Radio Free Europe in Hungarian
Friday, September 27th, 2019A pro-government commentator thinks that the decision to relaunch RFE broadcasts in Hungarian reflects disagreements between President Trump and the ’deep state’ and will not change the political realities in Hungary. READ MORE
France and Germany take asylum seekers from Italy and Malta
Thursday, September 26th, 2019A pro-government columnist calls the agreement reached by the four Interior Ministers ‘a dishonourable pact’, while a liberal commentator thinks Hungary risks remaining isolated with her anti-immigration policies. READ MORE
Migration issues in the local election campaign
Friday, September 20th, 2019Pro-government commentators accuse the Left of downplaying the threats and dangers of illegal migration. A liberal commentator, on the other hand, accuses the government of anti-immigrant fear-mongering aimed at mobilizing its rural base. READ MORE
German TV station criticised for film on Hungary
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019A left-wing commentator sides with a German TV docu-drama on the 2015 migrant crisis in Hungary against fierce criticism from a pro-government columnist. READ MORE
PM Orbán places the demographic challenge on centre stage
Saturday, September 7th, 2019Commentators disagree on the value of the government’s policies to increase family benefits and strengthen Christian values in an attempt to reverse the demographic downturn. READ MORE
Matteo Salvini bids for snap Italian election
Monday, August 26th, 2019An anti-government commentator hopes that the Italian Left will derail Matteo Salvini’s effort to call a snap election and gain absolute power. A pro-government analyst, on the other hand, welcomes Salvini’s plan, suggesting that an early election is necessary to restore democratic governance. READ MORE
Battle for environmentalist ideas
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019A liberal commentator thinks that the government has finally realized the mobilizing power of green ideas, and will now try now to appropriate political environmentalism. A pro-government columnist accuses left-liberals of trying to monopolize green ideas, and use ecology for partisan purposes. READ MORE
PM Orbán meets Ursula von der Leyen
Saturday, August 3rd, 2019A pro-government columnist finds it encouraging that after their first meeting, PM Orbán said it was ‘a good decision’ on his part to back her candidacy. READ MORE