Archive for the ‘Véleményvezér’ Category
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Left wing newspapers remain highly critical of the government’s economic policy and of Minister György Matolcsy personally, after a week which witnessed PM Viktor Orbán meeting EC President José Manuel Barroso, the IMF issuing its annual Staff Report and Mr Matolcsy facing the Economic Committee of Parliament. Pro-government columnists talk about relative successes and the cabinet’s intention to accomplish a shift in its policies. READ MORE
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Liberal and left-wing analysts fear that the strengthening anti-EU rhetoric prevalent among the supporters of the government will in the long run play into the hands of the radical right. READ MORE
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Political commentators agree that the resignation of LMP floor-leader András Schiffer signals the beginning of a new era, not only for his party but for the whole Hungarian political scene. READ MORE
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Commentators from the political centre wonder if the anti-government demonstrations on January 2 mark a turning point in Hungarian politics. They suggest that the presence of tens of thousands of Hungarians on the streets shows that the Orbán government is losing support. Right-wing commentators, on the other hand, claim that the opposition uses the NGOs for its own purposes. READ MORE
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
All commentators agree that 2012 will be even tougher than 2010. But they disagree on the reasons, and on the best policy to follow. READ MORE
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
If the Greek crisis escalates, the Hungarian economy will suffer badly – warns a liberal conservative blogger. The government, he believes, should retreat from its unorthodox policies in order to prevent an economic meltdown
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Saturday, October 15th, 2011
A liberal conservative blogger supports the introduction of voter registration as outlined in the draft election law, which will soon be discussed by Parliament. In his view such a requirement would help combat demagoguery by keeping last minute voters away from the ballot box. READ MORE
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
As the world mourns Steve Jobs, a blog is searching for his Hungarian equivalents and concludes that right now Hungary is not the best place for innovators. READ MORE
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Left wing commentators are extremely critical of the measures announced by the Prime Minister and the Economy Minister on Tuesday. The right wing daily Magyar Nemzet reminds readers that it was the previous Socialist governments which ran the country so deeply into debt. READ MORE
Friday, June 10th, 2011
One of the biggest stars in Hungarian football, Balázs Dzsudzsák signed for Anzhi Makhachkala on Thursday. Although the Dagestan club plays in the Russian Premier League, most commentators believe that this was a bad decision from the (now former) PSV Eindhoven player. READ MORE
