An outspoken pro-government commentator decries what he calls the meek and credulous attitude of the European mainstream towards ‘uncontrolled immigration’ from countries ravaged by terrorism. READ MORE
Tags: interest rate, MNB
A conservative author believes that the diversity principle applied in American university admission procedures is no better than the Numerus Clausus Act introduced in Hungary in 1920 to reduce the percentage of Jewish students. READ MORE
A leading left-liberal columnist accuses British lawmakers of impotence, but acknowledges that their conundrum is a tough one. READ MORE
Tags: Brexit
A pro-government and two left-wing liberal commentators find it unlikely that the opposition parties can seize the opportunity offered by the difficulties Fidesz is having with the European People’s Party to defeat the governing party in the near future. Another left-wing columnist is more optimistic, as he thinks that the opposition could successfully mobilize undecided pro-EU voters in the European Parliamentary elections. READ MORE
Tags: Left, opposition
Left-wing and liberal weeklies draw a parallel between the Christchurch terrorist outrage and Hungarian government ideology. A pro-government commentator thinks that the Utrecht and Christchurch killing sprees are the result of the clash of Christian and Muslim civilizations. READ MORE
A liberal gonzo journalist thinks that Fidesz was humiliated by the EPP. A pro-government pundit finds the suggestion that Fidesz lost the dispute with the EPP absurd. READ MORE
The leading pro-government daily as well as a left-wing pundit read the suspension of Fidesz membership in the EPP as a pragmatic deal that benefits both Fidesz and the EPP. READ MORE
Tags: EPP, European Parliament, Fidesz, Orbán, Weber
In the leading online left-wing liberal news site, a historian accuses a colleague of trying to whitewash Hungarian leaders of responsibility for the Holocaust, by suggesting that the occupation in March 1944 was provoked by the Allied powers in clear disregard for the fate of Hungarian Jews. READ MORE
A historian remembering Hungary’s 1944 occupation contends that the Allied powers ignored the fate of Hungarian Jews. Another young historian calls for a more nuanced and less politicized interpretation of the 1944 events. READ MORE
Tags: 1944, history, Holocaust, Nazism, sovereignty