Red sludge catastrophe to be retried
Thursday, February 9th, 2017A conservative commentator welcomes a ruling by the court of appeal to order a retrial of the executive staff members of the MAL aluminium company. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Magyar Idők’ Category
Ferenc Gyurcsány’s state of the nation speech
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017In his annual ‘state of the nation’ speech the former Prime Minister attacked the Fidesz government. He also accused the rest of the Left of trying to broker a deal and set up an anti-Orbán alliance behind his back. READ MORE
Hungary’s chances in the shifting global order
Monday, January 30th, 2017Pundits across the political spectrum speculate about Hungary’s role and opportunities in the international order that is emerging after Donald Trump’s inauguration. READ MORE
TI publishes corruption perception index
Saturday, January 28th, 2017An independent conservative columnist takes Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index at face value and accuses the government of institutionalized corruption. A pro-government commentator, on the other hand, accuses TI of serving the interest of investors rather than offering a fair assessment. READ MORE
Campaign against Hungary’s Olympic bid
Thursday, January 26th, 2017The Momentum Movement, a new youth organization has started to collect signatures to call a referendum to derail the Budapest 2024 Olympic bid. 35,000 were collected in the first 3 days, of 138,000 necessary. Commentators assess the political implications of the Olympic bid as well as the referendum initiative. READ MORE
PM Orbán’s Lámfalussy lecture
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017A pro-government columnist agrees with PM Orbán that after the election of Donald Trump, Hungary will have the chance to put the national interest first. A left-wing commentator doubts that Hungary is on an equal footing with the US. READ MORE
EU to claw back €300 million of metro funds
Wednesday, January 18th, 2017Commenting on the recommendation by the anti-fraud agency (OLAF) of the European Union that Hungary should be compelled to refund the equivalent of 75 billion forints of European contributions because of alleged corruption, a pro-government columnist urges exemplary punishment for the culprits. READ MORE
Can family subsidies reverse demographic downturn?
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017A pro-government commentator takes up the defence of public subsidies and tax rebates to parents as the only means to end the dangerous drop in birth rates, given that Hungarians reject the idea of solving their demographic problems through mass immigration from the Muslim world. READ MORE
Further ruminations on Jobbik’s turn to the centre
Monday, January 16th, 2017Although all the involved parties have dismissed such speculations, pundits both on Left and Right continue to discuss the potential of a broad anti-Fidesz opposition including both the left-wing parties and Jobbik. READ MORE
Dispute over NGOs still in the headlines
Saturday, January 14th, 2017Pundits across the political spectrum debate if and to what extent NGOs should be considered as political actors rather than independent organizations. READ MORE