A conservative historian finds it nauseating that the Hungarian Film Academy, funded by the state, decided to award the Oscar winner film director István Szabó, who as an informer actively helped the Communist secret police in the late 1950s. READ MORE
Tags: communism, film, István Szabó, Schmidt, secret services
In a fierce debate about the government’s plans to revise the national curriculum, its critics and supporters accuse each other of being ideological heirs of the Communists. READ MORE
Tags: education
A pro-government columnist interprets the EPP decision to continue the suspension of Fidesz as a sign of its ideological uncertainty and weakness. READ MORE
A commentator in the leading pro-government daily admires the UK for leaving the EU and restoring its national sovereignty. READ MORE
Tags: Brexit, Brussels, EU, sovereignty, UK
As both Fidesz and the opposition brace themselves for the 2022 elections, two authors ponder what might make each successful. READ MORE
Tags: Fidesz, opposition
A right-wing analyst thinks that unless the European People’s Party ‘finds its way back to its conservative Christian roots’, Fidesz will have to quit. READ MORE
Tags: EPP, liberalism
Commentators ponder whether the victory of the government side at the Győr mayoral by-election puts an end to a series of opposition successes. READ MORE
Tags: Borkai, by-election, Fidesz
A left-liberal author lambasts the European Union for its impotence in confronting what he sees as serial rule of law infringements by the Hungarian government. READ MORE
Tags: European Parliament, rule of law