Row over electoral TV debates

A pro-government columnist finds it undemocratic of Péter Magyar to only accept televised pre-electoral debates with the top candidates.

Weeklies on Péter Magyar overtaking the old opposition

According to most recent opinion polls Péter Magyar’s Tisza party has taken the lead from the Democratic Coalition, which has been the strongest opposition party for the past five years. Median polling company reported that over half his followers are former left-liberal voters while 1 out of 7 voted Fidesz ...

Xi Jinping praises Sino-Hungarian relations

A pro-government columnist writes that China appreciates Hungary’s courage in opening to the East.

Xi Jinping in Hungary

Commentators agree that the visit of the Chinese leader is an extraordinary event, although with differing undertones.

Gyurcsány accuses the government-side of protecting paedophile priests

A pro-government commentator defends the seal of confession against opposition criticism.

A left-wing comment on Xi Jinping’s imminent visit

A left-wing columnist accuses the government of acting as ’Peking’s Trojan horse’ in Europe.

Pro-government pundit rejects being branded ’pro-Russian’

The publishing director of a pro-government weekly dismisses a suggestion by the Polish Prime Minister that his newspaper is pro-Russian.

Weeklies on 20 years in the EU and the run-up to the EU elections

Left-liberal authors disapprove of the government’s confrontational attitude towards the European Union, while their pro-government colleagues hope that the June elections will produce a new political order in Brussels.

A sceptical liberal opinion about Péter Magyar

An opposition-leaning commentator doesn’t expect the new opposition star to produce a regime-change any time soon.

A semi-official assessment of Hungary’s 20 years in the EU

A leading government official urges serious changes in the European Union to make the community successful again.