Weeklies on inflation and the Forint
July 18th, 2022
Weeklies across the political spectrum ponder the causes and possible remedies of steep inflation and the weak Forint. READ MORE
Tags: economy, Forint, inflation, restrictions
Dispute over emergency energy measures
July 16th, 2022
A left-wing columnist sees the decision to limit access to subsidized household energy supplies as a necessary adjustment, but finds the way it is implemented unfair. A pro-government commentator believes that the adjustments will strengthen Hungary’s energy security and ensure that most families will still have access to cheap heating gas and electric power. READ MORE
Government declares ‘energy emergency’
July 15th, 2022
A middle-of-the-road economic analyst thinks that the government decision to limit access to cheap, subsidized household energy will further increase the inflation rate and make a recession more likely. READ MORE
Tags: energy
Protests against self-employed tax reform
July 14th, 2022
On Tuesday, several hundred demonstrators blocked traffic in Budapest in protest against the government’s amendments to the popular simplified tax scheme (KATA), designed for self-employed entrepreneurs. READ MORE
Tags: tax
A left-wing take on Hungarian-US tax treaty
July 13th, 2022
A left-wing commentator believes that the US will do whatever it can to pressurize Hungary to approve the global minimum corporate tax. He believes that it’s introduction would benefit Hungary. READ MORE
Government makes 4 concessions to Brussels
July 9th, 2022
The leading liberal website thinks the government was compelled to retreat from its defiant posture as the National Bank could not halt the slide of the national currency. READ MORE
Tags: EU funds
Former Jobbik leader doubts that Gyöngyösi can resuscitate party
July 8th, 2022
The founder of the originally radical right-wing party finds it highly improbable that his fourth successor at the helm of Jobbik can turn his battered organisation into a successful moderate conservative political force. READ MORE
Weber compared to Aesop’s grasshopper
July 7th, 2022
A right-wing pundit rejects the idea put forward by the chairman of the European People’s Party who called on gas importing countries to share their gas ‘through binding mechanisms’ with other EU member countries. READ MORE