Next year’s budget passed
December 13th, 2012
A pro-government columnist welcomes the new budget but warns that the deficit target may not be easy to meet. READ MORE
The government’s chances in the tuition battle
December 12th, 2012
A centrist analyst asks if the government can avoid paying a heavy political price for its higher education reform and the communication strategy which surrounds it. READ MORE
Tags: loan, protests, students, tuition, universities
New conflicts around tuition fees
December 11th, 2012
A pro-government daily examines the arguments for and against the cutback on state funded higher education and fears that “shaken trust” may only be restored in the long run. READ MORE
Tags: protests, scholarships, students, tuition
Government cuts energy prices
December 10th, 2012
Pro-government commentators welcome the government’s plan to nationalize gas providers and reduce energy prices. The leading left-wing daily, on the other hand, cautions against what it calls anti-market measures. READ MORE
Tags: energy, nationalisation, prices
Deputy PM plagiarism scandal
December 10th, 2012
An independent conservative blogger dismisses Deputy PM Zsolt Semjén’s claim that he did not violate any written rules when copying large parts of his 1992 doctoral dissertation from other sources without attribution. READ MORE
Tags: KDNP, plagiarism, Semjén
Left-wing criticism of university scholarship allocation plans
December 7th, 2012
Left of centre columnists discuss the allocation of university scholarships for 2013, and accuse Fidesz of breaching its promise not to introduce tuition fees. READ MORE
Should Jobbik be banned?
December 6th, 2012
Left-wing columnists ponder whether the far-right party should be banned, after MP Márton Gyöngyösi’s anti-Semitic slur, and also what one can expect from the radical party after the incident, which was condemned by all major political parties. READ MORE
Tags: anti-Semitism, Jobbik
A left-wing account of the 2006 riots
December 5th, 2012
A pro-government commentator accuses DK vice chairman Debreczeni of constructing a propagandist conspiracy theory in order to save the image of his boss, former PM Gyurcsány in a book on the 2006 riots. READ MORE
Tags: 2006, Debreczeni, Democratic Coalition, Gyurcsány
One day of unity against anti-Semitism
December 4th, 2012
Columnists commenting on Sunday’s anti-Nazi demonstration wonder if the presence of both left and right-wing politicians is a harbinger of a new consensus to reject anti-Semitism. Both pro-government and left-wing pundits are skeptical about the possibility and the desirability of finding such common ground. READ MORE
Tags: anti-Semitism, Bajnai, Jobbik, Mesterházy, Milla, protests, racism, Rogán