Commenting on ambiguous statements by top government officials following the Brexit referendum, left-liberal commentators wonder if Viktor Orbán’s government wants Hungary to leave the European Union. Magyar Nemzet suggests that such declarations were only meant to promote a high turnout at the quota-referendum, due to be held in the autumn.
Encouraged by the result of the referendum in the UK, one right-wing pundit writes about an ‘elite-hating’ revolution, while another argues that liberal democracies are under the thumb of aristocracies. READ MORE
Népszabadság contends that identifying the migrant crisis as the root cause of the Brexit vote is misleading. Magyar Idők disagrees. READ MORE
Tags: immigration, referendum, UK
While Magyar Idők criticises environmentalists trying to obstruct a project that aims to remodel Budapest’s No. 1 public park, Magyar Nemzet thinks the government’s attitude is part of the problem. READ MORE
Tags: environment
Pundits try to untangle why Hungarians rejoice after the national squad was crushed by Belgium on Sunday. READ MORE
Tags: football
Commentators across the political spectrum assess the implications of Brexit for the EU, and try to guess what it all means for Hungary. READ MORE
As British voters decide that the UK should leave the EU, a moderate pundit wonders if the crisis of the UK and EU can be overcome at all. A conservative philosopher thinks that the EU needs to become more accommodating to the nation state. READ MORE
A conservative columnist commenting on record real wage growth believes that the government is on the right track to boost the economy. READ MORE
A left-wing economist expects total uncertainty in the event that UK voters decide to leave the EU. Another left-wing analyst thinks that the victory of ‘remain’ would be not prove any less challenging for the unity of the EU. READ MORE