PM Orbán meets Matteo Salvini in Milan
Thursday, August 30th, 2018Commentators agree that the two leaders have challenged the European political élites on immigration, without however fully agreeing on how to tackle it. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Magyar Idők’ Category
Dispute over the use of a Christian banner
Monday, August 27th, 2018Liberal and left-wing columnists criticize the government for displaying a flag depicting a cross on the Parliament building on August 20. Conservative commentators, on the other hand, find the critics of the flag paranoid and their comments absurd. READ MORE
Calls for EU-Russia rapprochement
Thursday, August 23rd, 2018Pro-government analysts, commenting on President Putin’s visit to Germany and Austria, call on the EU and European governments to cooperate with Russia rather than following US interests in isolating her. READ MORE
GDP growth has peaked
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018A left-wing analyst thinks that the Hungarian economy will underperform official expectations. A pro-government economist finds it unfair for the EU to criticize Hungary despite fast its economic growth. READ MORE
Conservative poet calls for cultural renewal
Saturday, August 11th, 2018A pro-government poet blames the drop in sales of books of literature on what he calls the elitism which dominates the literary field, and proposes that the national interest should be the priority in literature too. READ MORE
State Audit Office criticizes hospitals
Friday, August 10th, 2018As the head of the State Audit Office accuses hospitals of wasteful and corrupt practices, commentators on Right and Left wonder if the government will have the courage to reform the inefficient and less than transparent health care management system. READ MORE
Opposition accused of distorting emigration data
Wednesday, August 8th, 2018A pro-government columnist accuses the opposition parties of falsifying emigration statistics in order to criticize the government. READ MORE
HírTV back in the government fold
Friday, August 3rd, 2018Left-wing commentators see the takeover of Hungary’s first TV news channel as a sign of mounting authoritarianism, while pro-government newspapers declare that justice has been done. READ MORE
Mixed Romanian Reaction to PM Orbán’s speech
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018A pro-government columnist suggests that Mr Orbán’s proposals on closer Central-European cooperation have been favourably met by Romanian governing circles. READ MORE
More on PM Orbán’s strategy speech
Tuesday, July 31st, 2018Commentators on the two sides of the political-cultural divide provide diametrically opposing interpretations of the Prime Minister’s customary annual address at the Fidesz founded Transylvanian ’Summer University’ (see BudaPost, July 30). READ MORE