Hungary at loggerheads with the EU
April 20th, 2013
A centrist analyst predicts that “verbal war” between Hungary and the European Union is here to stay, but no real punitive sanctions are probable. READ MORE
EP debate on Hungary’s constitutional amendments
April 19th, 2013
A moderate pro-government weekly is proud of being the target of criticism from a leading Socialist MEP during Wednesday’s debate about the Hungarian Constitution in Strasbourg. It suggests, nevertheless, that Hungary should solve its judicial problems at home. READ MORE
Tags: constitution, EU, Orbán
Critics of Hungary criticised
April 16th, 2013
Mária Schmidt accuses Hungary’s foreign critics of applying double standards. The conservative historian suggests that the widespread western criticism of recent legislative developments in Hungary is inspired by left-wing intellectuals who have not yet done their homework. READ MORE
Tags: anti-Semitism, democracy, history
Hungary under fire from Brussels
April 15th, 2013
A leading left-wing commentator criticises the Prime Minister’s explanation of the discontent expressed by European officials over recent legal developments in Hungary, while a Fidesz MEP thinks Hungary’s policies are being criticised because they do not fit into “the liberal consensus”. READ MORE
Outcry over a conference on the Roma
April 15th, 2013
Left-wing pundits furiously condemn a sociologist who said that today’s Hungarian Gypsies are “a product of decomposition.” His colleague argues that rural poverty is not an exclusively Roma problem. READ MORE
Suspect beaten to death
April 15th, 2013
Left-liberal columnists describe a case in which a suspect was beaten to death during a police interrogation in a theft case as typical of the insensitive and brutal culture of some precincts. READ MORE
Benevolent criticism of Matolcsy’s stimulus project
April 13th, 2013
A conservative critic of government policies thinks the new growth-oriented credit scheme announced by the National Bank may help, but only if Hungarian small businesses are competitive enough and banks are ready to embrace the project. READ MORE
A new Socialist-liberal coalition in the making
April 12th, 2013
A pro-government daily predicts that parties on the left will form some kind of coalition, despite the bitter jockeying for position between them, but whatever shape this coalition takes, it will suffer from the lack of credibility that still haunts the MSZP after its previous terms in government, in alliance with Liberals. READ MORE
CocaCola – a Hungarian product
April 11th, 2013
A left wing daily pokes fun at the government’s efforts to sort foodstuffs according to their national character, and thinks it would be more useful to label the regional or local origins. READ MORE
Tags: EU, food, nationalism