Weeklies on the anniversary of the 1848 revolution – and Ukraine
Monday, March 18th, 2024As every year, commentators mark 15 March with attempts to apply the lessons of the 1848 revolution to the present era . READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Mandiner’ Category
Hungary Marks 25 years as NATO member
Friday, March 15th, 2024A pro-government columnist warns against using NATO as a means to exert pressure on Hungary. READ MORE
Twin-tailed Dog party survives its first crisis
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024Although the party’s two leaders have now withdrawn their resignations, commentators see the crisis of the past days as signalling the end of the ’fun party’ as we have known it – one making fun of both the government and the opposition. READ MORE
Weeklies on the challenges facing the government
Monday, March 11th, 2024A full month after the paedophile pardon scandal emerged, the weeklies believe that the subject left a deep scar on the stability of the government, although the opposition is not in better shape than before. READ MORE
Weeklies on the past two critical weeks
Monday, March 4th, 2024Opinions diverge on how successful the government and the opposition have been in tackling the paedophile pardon crisis and on Hungary’s long-drawn-out reluctance to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership. READ MORE
Tamás Sulyok elected President of the Republic
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024A pro-government analyst sees the juridical erudition of the President elected by the parliamentary majority on Monday as a guarantee against mistaken decisions. READ MORE
Weeklies on events since President Novák’s resignation
Monday, February 26th, 2024Commentators assess a wide range of issues connected to the paedophile pardon scandal, from the role of women in politics to why the opposition parties seem unable to profit from the failures on the government side. READ MORE
Sweden’s Prime Minister to visit Hungary on Friday
Wednesday, February 21st, 2024A pro-government commentator suggests that Hungary has kept Sweden waiting for the ratification of its bid for NATO membership as a reaction to the harm caused by sanctions against Hungary which were supported by Sweden. READ MORE
Weeklies on resignations and the stability of the government
Monday, February 19th, 2024Just as last week, when weeklies went to print too early to comment on President Novák’s resignation in the wake of the paedophile pardon scandal, this week they were already on the stands when former Culture Minister Zoltán Balog resigned as chief Bishop of the Calvinist church for his role in convincing the President to pardon a man convicted for assisting a paedophile offender. Nor could they react to the demonstration of tens of thousands of people in Budapest on Friday night. Commentators discuss the resignations of the past week and why despite successive crises, the government’s position appears unshaken. READ MORE
Weeklies on the paedophile pardon scandal and the future of the EU
Monday, February 12th, 2024Weeklies went to print before Prime Minister Orbán pledged to amend the constitution, to make it impossible for the President to pardon crimes related to paedophilia. The issue is only analysed by opposition-leaning commentators, some of whom predicted President Novák’s and even former Justice Minister Judit Nagy’s resignation. The main topic covered by pro-government weeklies is what they perceive to be the wrong direction in which the European Union is moving. READ MORE