Liberal pundit lambasts Socialist welfare promises
Monday, September 25th, 2017A liberal analyst accuses the Socialists and other left-wing parties of social demagoguery. READ MORE
Fidesz election lead unchanged
Saturday, September 2nd, 2017As the new political season gets underway, Fidesz maintains its lead in the polls according to two separate surveys. Despite efforts by the opposition, neither the Left, nor Jobbik have become any stronger. Conservative columnists attribute the poll results to fast economic growth and the weakness of the opposition parties. READ MORE
MSZP leader announces election programme
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017Commenting on László Botka’s program and strategy, a left-wing pundit fears that the current political system and parties may go down the drain after 2018. A pro-government columnist thinks that Mr Botka is not taken seriously even by left-wing intellectuals. READ MORE
Fidesz launches campaign against Jobbik
Thursday, August 24th, 2017A conservative and a moderate centrist commentator wonder if Fidesz’s campaign against Jobbik which targets elderly people will prove successful. READ MORE
Momentum launches action group
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017A left-wing analyst suggests that the Momentum party’s grassroots action plan emulates the Fidesz civic circles of the early 2000s and will prove counterproductive. The leading pro-government daily suspects that Momentum’s scheme is financed by George Soros. READ MORE
Gender-theory and Islam seen as enemies of the government
Tuesday, August 15th, 2017A pro-government pundit contends that the traditional Left-Right distinction has lost its meaning. He suspects that it has been replaced by the competition between national and cosmopolitan parties. READ MORE
A left-wing take on transborder voting
Monday, August 14th, 2017As the government starts mobilizing Hungarian voters in neighboring countries ahead of next year’s general election, a left-wing columnist urges the Left to start a new chapter in transborder politics and reach out to non-resident voters. READ MORE
Liberal writer lambasts moderate analysts
Monday, July 17th, 2017A liberal writer labels as cowards those political commentators who try to maintain a balanced view. They should show a little more civil courage and name the Orbán government as an outright tyranny. READ MORE
Weeklies on the prospect of a broad anti-Fidesz coalition
Monday, June 19th, 2017Commentators from right across the political spectrum express their doubts about the potential of a broad anti-Fidesz coalition, which aims to change the current electoral law. READ MORE
Opposition stagnating in polls
Saturday, June 3rd, 2017In a comment on recent opinion polls, a centrist political scientist thinks that opposition parties still have some chance to prevent the victory of Fidesz in the 2018 election. A conservative columnist is more sceptical – he thinks that the opposition lacks a credible vision. READ MORE