A conservative columnist, commenting on a recent survey, warns that university students are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the mainstream Left and Right, and are turning to more radical parties. READ MORE
Magyar Nemzet thinks the government will have a hard time if it wants to heed EU criticism over the utility tariff cuts of the past two years, and at the same time keep tariffs low, as it has promised the electorate. READ MORE
Commentators ponder whether the dispute over migration will strengthen or weaken the governing party, and if the opposition can capitalize on the indignation stirred up by the government’s anti-immigrant rhetoric. READ MORE
A left-wing pundit believes that the EP resolution against Hungary will severely harm the Orbán government. A conservative columnist on the other hand contends that it will give Viktor Orbán another chance to enhance his image as a defender of national sovereignty. READ MORE
Pundits across the political spectrum discuss a proposal by Fidesz to tighten Schengen border controls and return illegal migrants coming to Hungary from a safe third country. READ MORE
Right-wing columnists fulminate against the appeal court which annulled the prison sentence handed down to former Communist Party chieftain Béla Biszku for his role in the post-revolution reprisals in 1956. An expert says while the ruling was well founded legally it signals a defeat for the Judiciary. A left-wing commentator suggests that Biszku is despised in Hungary – even without a sentence. READ MORE
Conservative pundits disagree over a decision by the Péter Pázmány Catholic University to launch a mandatory course on the Holocaust.
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Left-wing commentators find no novelties in the Prime Minister’s assessment of his government’s five years in power. A right-wing analyst on the other hand believes that he announced a new era of moderation after the conflicts of the recent past.
A conservative analyst argues that Hungary might have found herself in the same tragic position as Greece, had the government not sent the International Monetary Fund packing in time. READ MORE
PM Orbán’s speech at the European Parliament continues to be a major subject of debate. Conservative commentators tend to agree that Hungary should not become more open to migrants, while left-wing and liberal commentators accuse the government of xenophobia. READ MORE