Commenting on the Pope’s visit to the most important shrine of Hungarian Catholics in Transylvania, left-wing outlets remark that during that historical event the Prime Minister was in Madrid watching Liverpool beat Tottenham in the Champions’ League final. A conservative commentator excoriates the Pontiff’s right-wing critics. READ MORE
Tags: Pope Francis, Szeklers, Transylvania
Economic analysts give basically positive assessments of the government’s economic action plan which is intended to prolong fast growth. Some do not expect it to produce significant novelties. READ MORE
Commenting on the government’s announcement that it is cancelling the introduction of a new level of administrative courts, two liberal pundits speculate that after the European Parliamentary Election, Fidesz is trying to strike a conciliatory note with the European People’s Party. READ MORE
Tags: EPP, European Union, Fidesz
A pro-government and a left-wing commentator blame Wednesday’s lethal boat accident on the Danube on the absence of proper legislation and increasing traffic on the river. READ MORE
A left-wing and a pro-government columnist wonder how much influence the 13-strong Fidesz group will have in the European Parliament, whether it remains in the EPP or joins another political family. READ MORE
Tags: EPP, European Parliament, Fidesz
According to a left-wing and a liberal pundit, left-wing opposition parties can defeat Fidesz in the autumn Budapest municipal elections. A pro-government commentator suspects that even existing cooperation agreements will have to be renegotiated by the two strongest opposition parties. READ MORE
Tags: Budapest, Democratic Coalition, EP election, European Parliament, Fidesz, Momentum
A pro-government analyst predicts that new rifts will emerge in the EU after centrist mainstream parties lost ground at the European Parliamentary elections. A left-wing commentator hopes that centrist conservatives, socialists and liberals will create a strong core that keeps nationalists parties at bay. READ MORE
Tags: EP election, EPP, European Parliament, Fidesz, Orbán
Columnists all across the political spectrum ponder the implications of the European Parliamentary election on Hungarian and European Union politics. READ MORE
Tags: Democratic Coalition, election, EP election, EPP, European Parliament, Momentum, Orbán
In their last issues before the elections for the European Parliament, Hungary’s weeklies express diametrically opposed views on Hungarian politics and the country’s place in Europe. READ MORE
Tags: EP election, Orbán
Two leading media outlets express opposing views on who stands for what in Sunday’s elections for the European Parliament. READ MORE
Tags: EP election, Macron, Orbán