A left-wing columnist accuses the Orbán government of effectively driving Hungarians with minority backgrounds and left-leaning young people out of the country. His conservative counterpart dismisses the accusations and remarks that studying or working abroad for a couple of years is part of normal life in a free country. READ MORE
Tags: demography, outmigration, Statistics
A left-wing commentator dismisses the interpretation that Jobbik’s success in Tapolca was an indication of the radicalisation of Hungarian voters. In unison with other left-wing and conservative columnists, he also calls on the Left to abandon liberal ideology for a social democratic vision in order to challenge Jobbik.
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In the Tapolca by-election on Sunday, Jobbik candidate Lajos Rig won the nationalist party’s first ever seat in an individual constituency. Commentators across the political spectrum now consider Jobbik a potential challenger to Fidesz. READ MORE
A pro-government columnist believes that President Áder of Hungary has good reasons both for accepting and for declining President Putin’s invitation to attend the annual victory day parade in Moscow. READ MORE
A conservative author urges substantial pay hikes in the National Health Service instead of formally allowing physicians to take cash bonuses from patients. READ MORE
Tags: health
Analysing fresh data on consumer spending last year, a liberal analyst ascribes a sizeable (2.7 per cent) increase in household consumption at least partly to the fact that 2014 was an election year, with Parliamentary, European and local council elections in a row. READ MORE
Tags: consumption, economy, Statistics, welfare
In the wake of the deadly attack on a Kenyan campus, a conservative commentator welcomes the government decision to join international efforts against jihadist violence. Another complains that the left-leaning Hungarian press gives scant attention to the massacre of Christian students in Kenya. READ MORE
Tags: Christianity, media, terrorism
A week before the Tapolca by-election, a conservative analyst admits that the stakes are indeed high for Fidesz, but criticises Cabinet Minister János Lázár for warning local voters of the possible negative consequences of choosing opposition parties. READ MORE
A conservative author likens a liberal webmagazine to the far right Kuruc.info, as representatives of two opposing but equally prejudiced and one-sided world-views about conflicts between the Roma and the police. READ MORE