The dismal failure of former PM Gyurcsány’s gesture
Saturday, September 22nd, 2018Left-wing and liberal commentators alike find former PM Gyurcsány’s performance extremely gauche and counterproductive. READ MORE
Left-wing opposition protests against government
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018A pro-government commentator accuses left-wing parties that supported the recent resolution of the European Parliament to punish Hungary, of treason. An alt-left blogger thinks that the Left’s call for demonstrations is futile and even counterproductive. READ MORE
Saturday demonstration #2
Tuesday, April 24th, 2018Commentators agree that the tens of thousands of people who attended the second Saturday demonstration against the government are still far from having clear political objectives. Otherwise, they express diametrically opposed views on this new movement. READ MORE
Opposition leaders quit after lost election
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018As a series of party leaders resign, admitting their failure to mount a credible challenge to the incumbent government, commentators try to figure out what the new age which began on Monday will bring to Hungary. READ MORE
Election stakes assessed with six days to go
Wednesday, April 4th, 2018A pro-government and a left-wing columnist believe that next Sunday’s election will determine Hungary’s fate for a long time to come. READ MORE
LMP under left-wing pressure to co-operate with the DK
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018In Népszava, Balázs Böcskei, the founding director of the IDEA Institute of Political Analyses and his colleague, Balázs Barkóczi argue that the green party is losing more than it gains by refusing to co-operate with the left, especially with Ferenc Gyurcsány’s Democratic Coalition (DK). READ MORE
Former PM Gyurcsány urges opposition coordination
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018As Ferenc Gyurcsány invites opposition leaders including Jobbik’s Gábor Vona to coordinate their electoral strategies, a pro-government columnist thinks that by the April election, a broad anti-Fidesz coalition of left-wing parties and Jobbik will emerge. READ MORE
An insider on the gossip about Fidesz agents within the Left
Saturday, February 3rd, 2018A veteran left-wing columnist criticises both George Soros and DK leader Ferenc Gyurcsány, for accusing unspecified left-wing personalities of conniving with the incumbent government. READ MORE
Gyurcsány seen as the likely winner on the Left
Monday, November 20th, 2017The two leading left-wing parties have already named their joint candidates in all the 106 constituencies. Although more than 60 are MSZP nominees, a left-wing and a pro-government pundit both agree that former PM Gyurcsány’s Democratic Coalition is about to become the number one force within the left-wing opposition. READ MORE
Gyurcsány against transborder Hungarians’ voting rights
Monday, November 13th, 2017Two conservative editors devote their regular weekly editorials to DK leader Ferenc Gyurcsány’s initiative to collect signatures to support his idea to scrap the law allowing ethnic Hungarians living in other countries who acquired Hungarian citizenship to take part in elections in Hungary. READ MORE