President Áder to be re-elected
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017As President Áder accepts PM Orbán’s nomination for a second presidential term, analysts sharply disagree in evaluating his New Year address. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Magyar Nemzet’ Category
End-of-year assessments on government spending
Friday, December 30th, 2016A pro-government columnist points out that the government has kept the deficit under control while at the same time it has managed to cut taxes. A critic of the government, on the other hand, thinks the state offers too heavy subsidies to multinationals. READ MORE
PM Orbán’s Christmas interview trolled
Wednesday, December 28th, 2016A commentator at Magyar Nemzet views the unprecedented prank as the result of what he calls the government’s efforts to force the media into submission. A left-wing columnist finds it unethical that someone at a local daily adulterated PM Orbán’s Christmas interview. READ MORE
Deeper analyses of the Berlin terror attack
Thursday, December 22nd, 2016Opinions diverge on the significance of the terror truck attack in Berlin and even more so on its implications for Germany, Hungary and the world. READ MORE
Constitutional Court says EU cannot violate Hungarian sovereignty
Monday, December 5th, 2016As the Constitutional Court vindicates Hungary’s right to check any EU rule including mandatory migrant redistribution, a conservative columnist contends that the quota referendum was much ado for nothing. READ MORE
Fidel Castro remembered
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016A conservative columnist sees the controversy over Fidel Castro’s heritage as an expression of contemporary ideological and sectarian disputes over capitalism and human rights. READ MORE
Donald Trump’s victory seen as a lesson to the Left
Friday, November 25th, 2016A political analyst warns that the Left will not be able to put an end to its demise as long as it keeps identity politics in the centre of its ethos. Donald Trump was backed by the middle class in America because he offered them the much needed protection which should be the mission of the Left. READ MORE
More on Constitutional Court election
Thursday, November 24th, 2016While left-wing parties accuse the LMP of “collaborating” with the ruling parties, the first left-wing media reaction is only mildly negative. A liberal and a conservative analyst, although both critical of the government, see the election of the missing Constitutional Court judges in a positive light. READ MORE
Hungary skipped the EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Trump
Thursday, November 17th, 2016As Foreign Minister Péter Szíjjártó
Constitutional amendment stuck
Thursday, November 10th, 2016Commentators are divided over whether or not the failure of a constitutional amendment proposed by the government, which would have barred the settlement of groups of non-EU citizens outside the normal immigration procedures, was a defeat for the Prime Minister. READ MORE