Left-liberal pundits describe PM Orbán as a conflict-seeking tactician
Thursday, May 18th, 2023Two critics of the government believe the Prime Minister is leading Hungary into a fatal clash with the European Union. READ MORE
Navracsics to discuss Erasmus controversy in Brussels
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023Concessions made so far by Hungary to satisfy EU conditions for allowing foundation-run universities to accede to student and researcher exchange programmes, seem to have been found unsatisfactory in Brussels. Columnists express diametrically opposing views on the matter. READ MORE
PM Orbán sworn in for the fifth time
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022A left-wing pundit sees the Prime Minister’s inaugural speech as a harbinger of lasting confrontation with the rest of Europe, while a right-wing columnist describes the same words as raising hope for Europe. READ MORE
A conservative view on the clash between Poland and the EU
Friday, November 5th, 2021A conservative lawyer believes both sides have valid arguments in the dispute over the widely contested ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Court in the conflict between national versus European law, as the provisions of the basic treaty of the European Union are not unequivocal. READ MORE
Hungary seen as an island of ‘normality’
Monday, July 26th, 2021Conservative commentators accuse the ‘West’ and ‘Brussels’ of attacking Hungary in order to punish it for defending traditional Christian and European values. READ MORE
Ruminations on the future of the EU
Thursday, January 7th, 2021A pro-government columnist expects fierce disputes over migration to dominate the European Union in 2021. A left-wing commentator wonders whether the Hungarian government might quit the increasingly integrated European Union. READ MORE
Rule of law conditionality: a Polish (and Hungarian) take
Friday, December 4th, 2020In the main pro-government daily, a leading Polish right-wing journalist condemns attempts to empower the European Commission to punish member countries accused of breaching rule of law principles. READ MORE
European Court rules against Hungary’s migrant centers
Monday, May 18th, 2020As the EU’s top court strikes down the transit zones which form the cornerstone of the government’s asylum policies, a liberal and a conservative pundit ponder the future of migration regulations in Hungary and the EU. READ MORE
Brussels urges free travel for essential workers
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020As the European Commission urges countries not to apply today’s strict travel restrictions to workers performing critical jobs in other countries, a left-wing commentator remarks that those workers would also be critically needed in their own countries. READ MORE
Calls for another EU infringement procedure against Hungary
Saturday, April 4th, 2020A pro-government commentator scorns Hungary’s critics in the European Parliament, who are proposing yet another EU infringement procedure in response to Hungary’s coronavirus emergency act. Two liberal columnists suspect meanwhile that the government risks political and economic ostracization. READ MORE