Next year’s budget passed
Thursday, December 13th, 2012A pro-government columnist welcomes the new budget but warns that the deficit target may not be easy to meet. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Magyar Nemzet’ Category
New conflicts around tuition fees
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012A pro-government daily examines the arguments for and against the cutback on state funded higher education and fears that “shaken trust” may only be restored in the long run. READ MORE
Government cuts energy prices
Monday, December 10th, 2012Pro-government commentators welcome the government’s plan to nationalize gas providers and reduce energy prices. The leading left-wing daily, on the other hand, cautions against what it calls anti-market measures. READ MORE
Deputy PM plagiarism scandal
Monday, December 10th, 2012An independent conservative blogger dismisses Deputy PM Zsolt Semjén’s claim that he did not violate any written rules when copying large parts of his 1992 doctoral dissertation from other sources without attribution. READ MORE
Former Socialist-Liberal government spent 17 billion on advisers
Saturday, December 8th, 2012A conservative columnist suggests that the Socialist-Liberal coalition clearly channeled billions in public funds to friendly research firms. READ MORE
A left-wing account of the 2006 riots
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012A pro-government commentator accuses DK vice chairman Debreczeni of constructing a propagandist conspiracy theory in order to save the image of his boss, former PM Gyurcsány in a book on the 2006 riots. READ MORE
Jewish magazine criticises liberals for opposing Rogán’s presence at anti-racist rally
Monday, December 3rd, 2012Szombat (Sabbat) magazine welcomes the presence of Fidesz floor leader Antal Rogán at the demonstration organised in the wake of another anti-Semitic Speech by a far-right MP. (See BudaPost, November 28, 29, and December 1.) The Jewish magazine deplores the fact that some left-liberal authors oppose Mr Rogán’s presence. READ MORE
Magyar Nemzet urges swifter action against anti-Semitism
Thursday, November 29th, 2012The main pro-government daily castigates right-wing politicians for their mild reaction to an anti-Semitic speech by a Jobbik MP and calls on the government and the right wing in general “to wake up.” READ MORE
Downgrading by Standard & Poor’s criticised
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012A pro-government commentator calls the downgrading of Hungary’s sovereign debt by S&P “low grade entertainment”, unsubstantiated by the actual state of Hungarian public finances. READ MORE
Guessing Orbán’s strategy in negotiations with the EU
Monday, November 26th, 2012The leading pro-government daily welcomes the failure of the EU summit as a sign of democracy and good news for Hungary, while its left-wing counterpart accuses PM Orbán of selfishness. An influential economist says that although the EU’s growth forecasts are biased against Hungary, the government has to make efforts to convince Brussels anyway. An independent centrist outlet suspects that once the EU lifts the excessive deficit procedure the government will be free to start spreading money around immediately before the 2014 elections. READ MORE