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
Left wing and liberal pundits on demographic decline
Monday, May 21st, 2018Left-wing and liberal commentators find it unlikely that the government can tackle the demographic decline through institutional incentives alone. READ MORE
Population would fall without immigration – Eurostat finds
Monday, July 17th, 2017Conservative commentators fear that mass migration to Europe is unlikely to stop in light of the divergent demographic trends in Europe and the developing world. READ MORE
The PM’s baby boom plan
Saturday, May 27th, 2017Commentators disagree on PM Orbán’s planned measures aimed at reversing Hungary’s demographic decline within the next decade. READ MORE
Birth rates increase for third year
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017A pro-government commentator praises efforts by parliament and the executive to help families with children and welcomes initiatives such as the “Marriage Week” which are aimed at halting Hungary’s demographic decline. READ MORE
Can family subsidies reverse demographic downturn?
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017A pro-government commentator takes up the defence of public subsidies and tax rebates to parents as the only means to end the dangerous drop in birth rates, given that Hungarians reject the idea of solving their demographic problems through mass immigration from the Muslim world. READ MORE
Conservative pundits on the perils of secularization
Saturday, June 4th, 2016Two conservative columnists blame secularization in Europe for inhumane political ideologies, environmental decline and the continent’s ‘inability to resist migration from the Muslim world.’ READ MORE
Housing subsidy scheme kicks off
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016Two conservative economists welcome the government’s plan to reverse unfavourable demographic trends through a lavish home subsidy scheme. A left-wing analyst thinks that the government’s proposal will be available only for middle class families and will thus entrench inequality. READ MORE
House speaker encourages women to bear children
Thursday, December 17th, 2015Left-wing pundits spit fire at László Kövér, the Speaker of Parliament who said bearing children should be the most valued accomplishment in women’s lives. A conservative columnist thinks a debate on catastrophic demographic trends would be more appropriate than castigating a politician. READ MORE