Fears of potential Hungarian default
Thursday, August 18th, 2022Economic analysts across the political spectrum comment on opposition suggestions about a looming default.
Archive for the ‘Mérce’ Category
Birth rate in trouble again
Saturday, May 14th, 2022A pro-government commentator calls on the government to come up with yet more incentives to boost the birth rate, as it has sunk to a new low in the wake of the COVID pandemic. An alt-left blogger thinks that only a complete overhaul of the current economic system and endorsement of gender equality would increase women’s willingness to have more children. READ MORE
Foreign Minister reaffirms objections to EU sanctions on Russian oil
Tuesday, May 10th, 2022A pro-government pundit, as well as his alt-left counterpart, agree that the EU’s proposed embargo on Russian oil would harm the EU more than Russia, and is unlikely to stop the war. READ MORE
An alt-left take on food price caps
Wednesday, January 19th, 2022An alt-left commentator calls on the Left to offer even broader and more systematic price controls to defend Hungarians suffering from pro-market economic policies which favour multinational companies. READ MORE
Extraordinary vaccination week in progress
Friday, November 26th, 2021A left-wing commentator praises the government’s move to abolish the registration requirement and stage an extraordinary vaccination week. READ MORE
Ruminations on Márki-Zay’s political vision
Tuesday, November 9th, 2021An alt-left commentator sees Péter Márki-Zay as a pro-market neo-liberal politician. A pro-government commentator thinks that the opposition frontrunner wants to woo right-wing voters by pretending to endorse Christian conservative values. READ MORE
Ruminations on opposition’s vision
Tuesday, October 12th, 2021A pro-government columnist thinks that the opposition candidates have so far failed to outline their political vision. An alt-left commentator criticizes Márki-Zay for endorsing liberal pro-market ideologies. READ MORE
Budapest Pride as an opposition march
Tuesday, July 27th, 2021As for the first time in its history, the LGBTQ march through Budapest was also an anti-government demonstration, opinions sharply diverge on its message. READ MORE
Left-wing analyst defends inclusion of Jobbik in opposition alliance
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021A left-wing political scientist acknowledges that some of the values espoused by Jobbik are anathema to left-wing and liberal voters, but he nonetheless believes that Jobbik should be part of the opposition cooperation. READ MORE
Football seen as politics by other means
Monday, June 28th, 2021Commentators right across the political spectrum interpret the Hungarian team’s unexpected success and tragic exit from the European Football Championship as a political allegory. READ MORE