Fidesz not to join Meloni’s ECR
Friday, June 21st, 2024A liberal columnist sees the governing party’s decision not to join the Conservatives and Reformers group in the European Parliament as sour grapes. READ MORE
PM Orbán stands for a European sovereignist alliance
Thursday, June 13th, 2024A conservative critic of the government believes that the two rival right-wing groups of the European Parliament will find it hard to merge. READ MORE
EP asks Commission to freeze transfers to Hungary
Friday, April 26th, 2024A pro-government website labels repeated criticism of the state of the rule of law in Hungary by the majority of MEPs ’rule of law hysteria’. READ MORE
European Parliament tries to block Hungary’s EU presidency
Friday, May 26th, 2023On a pro-government news site, experts dismiss the planned resolution as unpleasant but juridically irrelevant. READ MORE
EP delegation in Budapest
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023A pro-government columnist accuses the European Parliament of duplicity when its delegates suspect systemic corruption in Hungary, while their own institution is tainted with corruption scandals. READ MORE
EP brands Hungary as ‘not a full democracy’
Saturday, September 17th, 2022Liberal commentators remark that the resolution passed by the European Parliament doesn’t necessarily mean that European funds are out of reach for Hungary. READ MORE
Fidesz in search of a new right-wing bloc in Europe
Monday, March 29th, 2021Last week, the weeklies went to print one or two days before Fidesz announced its final departure from the European People’s Party. Now they offer their analyses. READ MORE
EPP punishes Tamás Deutsch
Friday, December 18th, 2020Commentators come forward with diametrically opposing evaluations of the decision by European People’s Party MEPs to punish the head of the 13-strong Fidesz delegation in the European Parliament. READ MORE
EP deputy speaker demands rule of law sanctions
Saturday, October 10th, 2020The Deputy Speaker of the European Parliament calls for EU rules to be changed to punish the governments of Hungary and Poland for rule of law infringements. A pro-government columnist accuses her of hypocrisy. READ MORE
Left-liberal thoughts on possible opposition strategies
Monday, August 17th, 2020As the final editions of all the weeklies went to print before the agreement on Friday by opposition party leaders to stand behind a single candidate in all constituencies at the next general election in 2022, they carry commentaries on the opposition’s options in general terms only. READ MORE