A new centrist internet opinion site thinks Ferenc Gyurcsány is unlikely to be welcomed in the opposition alliance although he does offer a clear liberal vision. The leading left-wing daily agrees: Gyurcsány does not seem to understand that the Socialists never back down under external pressure. READ MORE
Tags: Bajnai, Gyurcsány, Mesterházy
A left-wing daily believes the new Roma party will eat into the constituency of the opposition, while a Roma politician maintains in a pro-government weekly that the Roma should change themselves, to change their plight. READ MORE
A centre-right commentator welcomes the idea to build a new Holocaust memorial site in Budapest, since he believes the first, opened a decade ago has not fulfilled its mission. READ MORE
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight. READ MORE
It is high time for the top court, economic analysts say, to give clear directions to courts in the civil lawsuits by forex mortgage debtors against banks, yet the Kuria is not expected to scrap forex mortgage contracts or order to convert them into forint-based debt. READ MORE
Tags: forex debt
The leading left-wing daily writes that although the opposition candidate won the Fót municipal by-election, the turnout indicates a complete loss of voter confidence rather than a victory for the opposition. READ MORE
Tags: elections, Mesterházy, MSZP
A pro-government daily describes Socialist Party chairman Attila Mesterházy as a leader who is unable to get rid of “the shades of the past”, including two of his predecessors, as well as Mr Gyurcsány and Mr Bajnai. READ MORE
Tags: Bajnai, Gyurcsány, Mesterházy
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign. READ MORE
Tags: Bajnai, elections, Gyurcsány, Mesterházy, MSZP
Commentators suggest that the main parties seem embarrassed by accusations aired by a former leading Tax Authority official, who claims that a group of large enterprises are practically exempt from check-ups and enjoy the protection of powerful people. READ MORE
Tags: corruption, Fidesz, fraud, MSZP, taxes
The pro-government daily believes Hungarian liberals and foreign observers should apologise for having characterised a simple late night road accident as an expression of anti-Semitism in Hungary. READ MORE
Tags: anti-Semitism, foreign press