An opposition paper reacts with cautious optimism to the MSZP-Together 2014 negotiations, while a pro-government daily finds efforts to patch together an alliance unconvincing. READ MORE
Tags: Bajnai, Mesterházy
A pro-government commentator welcomes the government’s decision to buy the Pécs municipal water provider company. The leading left-wing liberal daily, on the other hand, finds it unacceptable that taxpayers have to pay for lower energy prices through the renationalization of the utility sector. READ MORE
Tags: nationalisation
Left-wing and liberal commentators accuse the government of nepotism over changes to the law on selling tobacco products. They believe that the government imposed a monopoly on the selling of cigarettes in order to offer lucrative business possibilities to its own people. READ MORE
Tags: corruption, tender, tobacco shops
Pundits debate whether a special school for disadvantaged Roma children should be closed down. A liberal commentator believes that Roma families protesting against desegregation entrench their own social exclusion. Conservatives, on the other hand, contend that special attention given to poor Roma children fosters social inclusion. READ MORE
Tags: education, human rights, liberals, racism, Roma
A left-wing columnist believes that the government wants to entrench the political divisions in the country by reopening the symbolic debate around the names of public spaces. READ MORE
Tags: communism, culture wars, Fidesz
Commentators weigh the possible implications of conversations conducted by Hungary’s counter-espionage chief with a prominent mafioso in 2008, on how the latter could be helpful in discrediting right-wing politicians. READ MORE
Galamus fears Gordon Bajnai is losing his chance to become PM Orbán’s challenger at next year’s elections. READ MORE
Tags: Bajnai, Gyurcsány, Mesterházy, Orbán
The leading commentator of the right-wing daily is convinced that the duel between Gordon Bajnai and Attila Mesterházy is a sham and that ultimately the former will be the left-wing contender for the post of Prime Minister next year. READ MORE
Tags: Bajnai, Mesterházy, Soros
Left-liberal commentators deplore the way the extreme right-wing motorbike demonstration planned on the day of the annual “March of Life” was banned by the Prime Minister. READ MORE
Tags: anti-Semitism, Orbán
Left-wing commentators accuse PM Orbán of challenging the common values that unite the 27 member countries of the European Union, while pro-government pundits argue that the Hungarian government is just defending the national interest. READ MORE
Tags: constitution, EU, Orbán