Hungary’s demographic challenges
Friday, September 18th, 2020A conservative commentator welcomes the government’s efforts to reverse the demographic decline with subsidies for families rather than by facilitating immigration. READ MORE
Hungary’s aging deemed irreversible
Saturday, October 19th, 2019A leading demographer finds it unlikely that the Hungarian demographic decline can be reversed. He suggests that as a result, the retirement age must be raised. READ MORE
Conservative economist calls for more subsidies for mothers
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019A conservative economist suggests that even more subsidies are needed for parents to restore traditional family values and to boost the birth rate.
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Democracy deemed to be under growing pressure
Tuesday, October 1st, 2019A leading Hungarian economist of the IMF and the World Bank predicts that discontent with democratic capitalism will increase, and people will turn against the ‘elites that betrayed them’. READ MORE
PM Orbán places the demographic challenge on centre stage
Saturday, September 7th, 2019Commentators disagree on the value of the government’s policies to increase family benefits and strengthen Christian values in an attempt to reverse the demographic downturn. READ MORE
Brain drain and emigration within Europe continues
Monday, August 12th, 2019Two independent economic analysts commenting on an EU report on the brain drain recommend that the Hungarian government consider targeted tax cuts for young Hungarians to slow down emigration. A pro-government columnist likens pro-migration EU politicians to colonizers. READ MORE
Parliament approves Fidesz family protection plan
Monday, April 8th, 2019A pro-government official finds it reassuring that most opposition MPs voted in favour of the government’s family protection bill. A left-wing analyst and a liberal weekly, on the other hand, lambast opposition representatives whom they accuse of selling out to Fidesz. READ MORE
Therapies for demographic decline
Tuesday, November 13th, 2018A conservative and a left-wing analyst agree that Hungary is facing rapid demographic decline. They offer diametrically opposing remedies, however, to depopulation. READ MORE
The Ratkó generation reaches retirement age
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018A left-wing sociologist warns that ageing baby boomers born in the 1950s will create a welfare emergency unless the government urgently builds new old age homes. READ MORE
Thoughts on Hungary’s demographic decline
Monday, June 11th, 2018A health care expert who has worked under both left-wing and right-wing governments thinks that population decline in Hungary cannot be stopped without facilitating migration to the country. READ MORE