Leftist takes on EU funding talks ’on the home stretch’
Monday, November 14th, 2022A left-wing columnist and a liberal weekly doubt if the government really wants to meet the requirements set for the release of suspended EU transfers. READ MORE
Dispute over EU sanctions
Saturday, October 29th, 2022A pro-government media outlet speculates that the EU wants to withhold funding from Hungary in order to finance Ukraine. A left-wing commentator accuses the government of spreading lies about the EU sanctions on Russia. READ MORE
Forint weakens further against the Euro and Dollar
Wednesday, October 12th, 2022As year-on-year inflation hits 20,1 per cent in September, and 1 Euro trades at 429 HUF, an independent financial analyst wonders how and if the decline of the Forint can be halted. READ MORE
Repercussions of the Italian election
Wednesday, September 28th, 2022A pro-government columnist hopes that the new Italian government will prove a strong ally for Hungary in its battles with Brussels. A left-wing pundit, on the other hand, suspects that Giorgia Meloni will try to cooperate with the EU in order to secure EU funding without which Italy could go bust. READ MORE
Weeklies on the future of EU funds to Hungary
Monday, September 26th, 2022The five opposition-leaning weeklies doubt whether the European Commission can achieve full transparency in public procurements in Hungary, while pro-government commentators dismiss as unjust the whole procedure of making the transfer of EU funds conditional on rule of law compliance. READ MORE
A left-wing take on the future of EU funds
Wednesday, September 21st, 2022A column in the left-wing nationwide daily agrees with pro-government commentators on the probability that frozen EU funds will be unblocked by the end of the year. READ MORE
Government confident it can unblock EU funding
Tuesday, September 20th, 2022A pro-government commentator reads the latest announcement by the European Commission to mean that Hungary will get all the EU funding it is entitled to until 2028. 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
Government announces new anti-corruption body
Saturday, September 10th, 2022A conservative commentator critical of the government thinks it unlikely that the government’s newly announced anti-corruption authority will be either independent or make the spending of EU funds any more transparent. READ MORE
Government makes 4 concessions to Brussels
Saturday, July 9th, 2022The leading liberal website thinks the government was compelled to retreat from its defiant posture as the National Bank could not halt the slide of the national currency. READ MORE