Commenting on the EU’s decision to keep Hungary under its ‘excessive deficit procedure’, Népszabadság’s main business analyst fears that Hungary cannot avoid a debt-crisis. Another leading columnist in the number one left-wing daily believes that the government has still not given up its policy illusions.
Magyar Hírlap carries a ferocious attack on former Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, who has won a slander suit against a right-wing filmmaker who accused him of responsibility for the suicide of nine farmers a decade ago. READ MORE
Tags: Bajnai
The main pro-government daily welcomes the government’s decision to buy up the shares of the Rába automotive company, as a sign that even amidst the current financial crisis, Hungary’s leaders try to invest in the future. READ MORE
Tags: economy, nationalisation
Conservative and liberal commentators ponder whether the European Court of Human Rights was correct to rule that Hungary violated the principle of free speech when it banned the red star symbol. READ MORE
Tags: Council of Europe, Fidesz, free speech, Kövér, LMP, red star
A conservative liberal political analyst finds it highly unlikely that former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány’s new party will attract moderate conservatives disappointed by the current centre-right coalition. READ MORE
Tags: Democratic Coalition, Fidesz, Gyurcsány, Jobbik
Commentators in the Hungarian media notice a turn in the government’s economic policy, and urge a compromise with financial institutions. READ MORE
A Catholic legal scholar and a left-leaning philosopher both criticise the harsh anti-market rhetoric prevalent on both the right and the left. They warn about the destructive consequences of state intervention into private property and contracts. READ MORE
Péter Dániel, a left-wing activist has apologized for labelling Mária Wittner, a victim of the post-1956 purges, “a cheap prostitute”. A left-wing commentator suggests that the memories of actual hookers who became martyrs of the revolution should also be respected. READ MORE
Tags: 1956, Democratic Coalition
If the Greek crisis escalates, the Hungarian economy will suffer badly – warns a liberal conservative blogger. The government, he believes, should retreat from its unorthodox policies in order to prevent an economic meltdown
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An ultra-liberal pundit does not believe that Ferenc Gyurcsány’s new party can represent a conservative liberal force in Parliament. READ MORE
Tags: Gyurcsány, liberalism