Momentum’s anti-Putin protest
Friday, September 1st, 2017A centrist commentator thinks that increasingly hysterical anti-Russian rhetoric by left-wing and liberal parties will further alienate moderate voters. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Magyar Nemzet’ Category
President Putin in Budapest
Wednesday, August 30th, 2017Commenting on the Russian President’s short visit to Hungary, a left-wing columnist fears that the government wants to make Hungary part of the illiberal East. A conservative and a centrist pundit dismiss such fears, but also caution against too strong ties with Russia. READ MORE
Dutch-Hungarian diplomatic dispute
Monday, August 28th, 2017Pro-government commentators welcome the government’s firm reaction to criticism from the Dutch ambassador to Budapest. Left-wing and liberal pundits, on the other hand, accuse the government of paranoia and overreaction. READ MORE
Catholic bishop against in vitro fertilization
Saturday, August 26th, 2017Two observant Catholic commentators harshly criticize the head of the Catholic Episcopal Conference for calling in vitro fertilization and the subsidies granted to it by the government, a ‘sin’. READ MORE
Regional inequality growing
Friday, August 25th, 2017A conservative economist points to the vast regional differences behind Hungary’s fast overall economic growth. Poorer parts of the country see little of the booming economy. READ MORE
Left-wing debate on higher wages
Friday, August 11th, 2017A left-wing political economist believes that in order to boost productivity, the state needs to intervene and boost wages. A left-wing commentator, on the other hand, fears that higher wages would increase first and foremost alcohol and tobacco consumption. READ MORE
Jobbik MP suggests suffrage based on educational achievement
Monday, August 7th, 2017After a prominent Jobbik MP suggested that people who have not completed eight years of basic schooling should not be allowed to vote, commentators agree that the proposal is out of touch with modern times, but might be revealing about just how far Jobbik’s move to the centre has gone. READ MORE
PM Orbán’s post-2019 EU agenda
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017One week after the Prime Minister said Hungary and her East European allies will have a crucial job to accomplish within the European Union after Brexit, two leading analysts express diametrically opposing views on Hungary’ future within the EU. READ MORE
Botka’s struggle for supremacy within the Left
Monday, July 31st, 2017Commentaries continue to flow on MSZP front runner László Botka’s surprisingly candid accusations against ‘traitors and collaborationists’ within his own party. Commentators tend to agree that a left-wing victory at next year’s election is highly improbable. READ MORE
Tușnad seen as a lesson for the opposition
Wednesday, July 26th, 2017A conservative critic of the government calls on the opposition to build a world view and a project as solid and convincing as the one laid out by PM Orbán in his yearly address in Transylvania – even if he disagrees with the Prime Minister on most points. READ MORE