Opposing narratives on 2022
Monday, January 2nd, 2023A liberal and a right-wing author offer radically diverging interpretations on what the past year has meant in Hungarian politics. READ MORE
Weeklies on the US mid-term elections
Monday, November 21st, 2022Commentators don’t expect major changes after Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives, while Democrats kept the Senate under their control. Most, though not all, tip Ron DeSantis as a potential presidential election winner in two years’ time. READ MORE
Jobbik’s demise explained
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022A pro-government analyst sees Jobbik’s poor performance as the main cause for the crushing defeat suffered by the opposition at the Parliamentary election on 3 April. READ MORE
Weeklies on Fidesz’s crushing electoral victory
Monday, April 11th, 2022Left-liberal authors hope that the opposition can pull itself together after its hugely disappointing performance at the general election on 3 April, while pro-government commentators rejoice over what they consider the right choice of the majority of the electorate. READ MORE
Two-thirds majority for Fidesz – confirmed
Tuesday, April 5th, 2022As PM Viktor Orbán secures a record fourth consecutive term in office with a crushing parliamentary majority, partisan commentators offer diametrically opposing explanations of the result of Sunday’s general election. READ MORE
Weeklies’ battlefield reports on the final stretch of the electoral campaign
Monday, March 28th, 2022With just one week to go until the parliamentary elections, left-wing analysts are less confident in their electoral expectations than their pro-government counterparts. READ MORE
OSCE observers release negative interim report on campaign conditions in Hungary
Friday, March 25th, 2022Pro-government outlets see the interim report by OSCE observers as heavily biased. The nationwide left-wing daily finds such rebuttals hypocritical. READ MORE
Analyst predicts Fidesz victory
Thursday, March 24th, 2022On the website of the number one liberal weekly, an expert suggest that Fidesz is more likely to win the elections in 10 days’ time than it has ever been over the past year. READ MORE
Weeklies on the war in Ukraine
Monday, March 14th, 2022Two pro-government outlets devote their weekly editorials to the selfless assistance Hungarians are offering to Ukrainian refugees, while their opposition-leaning counterparts accuse the government of failing to condemn Russia unequivocally and ponder the impact of the war on the elections to be held in three weeks’ time. READ MORE
A first reaction to PM Orbán’s State of the Nation address
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022A pro-government commentator agrees with the Prime Minister that the victory of the Left in the April election would bring Hungary back to globalist pro-Brussels policies and would be devastating for Hungary. READ MORE