Budapost

Nazi invasion memorial completed

July 23rd, 2014

The leading left-wing daily accuses the government of arrogance and the falsification of history, as the monument commemorating the victims of the 1944 Nazi occupation of Hungary is completed. A pro-government columnist, on the other hand, believes that the memorial is a good visualization of the national tragedy caused by the loss of its sovereignty, without whitewashing Hungary of its own historical responsibility. READ MORE

Tags: culture wars, Holocaust

Challenges for the new MSZP leadership

July 22nd, 2014

Columnists across the political spectrum wonder whether the newly elected Chairman of the Socialist Party can stop the MSZP’s decline. READ MORE

Tags: MSZP, Tóbiás

The Miskolc controversy weighing over MSZP’s new leadership

July 21st, 2014

As the Socialist Party elects József Tóbiás as its new Chairman, left-and right-wing analysts continue to lambast the MSZP and DK for supporting a former local police chief as candidate for Miskolc mayor who is widely criticised because of his controversial remarks on Roma crime in the city. READ MORE

Tags: MSZP, Pásztor, Tóbiás

The PM’s son withdraws, tired of media attention

July 19th, 2014

The stepdaughter of a former Socialist Prime Minister lambasts journalists for “ruining a young man’s dream”, as the media buzzes with comments on the younger Orbán’s presence at his father’s side in the VIP box of the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, watching the World Cup final. READ MORE

Tags: football, Orbán, press

Népszava to survive but resized

July 18th, 2014

The editor in chief is confident that he will not be compelled to close down Hungary’s oldest daily newspaper, but will probably be compelled to downsize it. READ MORE

Tags: Népszava, press

Juncker elected EC Chairman

July 17th, 2014

Left-wing commentators suggest that PM Orbán’s opposition to Mr Juncker’s candidacy was futile, while a leading Christian Democrat hopes that despite signs to the contrary, Juncker will choose the path of renewal and save the European Union. READ MORE

Tags: EU, European Commission, Juncker, Orbán

Germany’s World Cup victory – the lessons

July 16th, 2014

Political commentators think there is a lesson to be learnt from the way Germany goes about football. They agree in finding the German approach something more than just a game. It is also long term planning, tact, business and political marketing. READ MORE

Tags: football, Germany

Left accused of exploiting racism

July 15th, 2014

A centrist author excoriates left-wing leaders for betraying their anti-racist ideals in order to win the municipal elections in Miskolc. They might be right in their drive to defeat PM Orbán, but fomenting racism is too high a price, he suggests. READ MORE

Tags: MSZP, Pásztor, Roma

Strategies for the revival of the Left

July 14th, 2014

Political analysts advise the left-wing parties to re-learn how to make politics and to implement a four-tier strategy of reinventing themselves. One specifically warns against sterile warfare over symbolic issues. READ MORE

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