Opposition candidate wins Jászberény by-election
Thursday, January 19th, 2023Commentators ponder the implications of the Jászberény mayoral by-election victory, by a Jobbik candidate supported by most left-wing parties. READ MORE
Endgame within Jobbik?
Saturday, August 13th, 2022As the recently deposed chairman of Jobbik leaves his party and announces he is setting up a new one, a pro-government pundit rejoices at the sight of what he calls an increasingly unserious and fragmented opposition. READ MORE
Former Jobbik leader doubts that Gyöngyösi can resuscitate party
Friday, July 8th, 2022The founder of the originally radical right-wing party finds it highly improbable that his fourth successor at the helm of Jobbik can turn his battered organisation into a successful moderate conservative political force. READ MORE
Jobbik leader resigns
Saturday, June 11th, 2022A pro-government and a centrist columnist comment on Péter Jakab’s announcement that he is stepping down as leader of Jobbik. They suggest that his major political mistake was to abandon the radical right-wing ideology of his party, and side with the Left.
A left-wing take on the Left’s defeat
Thursday, April 21st, 2022A leftist analyst describes PM Orbán’s fourth consecutive landslide electoral victory as a historic setback for the Left. 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
Left accused of teaming up with Nazis
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022The leading pro-government daily devotes two comments in as many issues to accuse the left of condoning pro-Nazi behaviour in its bid for power two weeks before the general election. READ MORE
Márki-Zay to be left without own parliamentary group
Friday, January 7th, 2022A pro-government commentator writes that the opposition parties wanted to teach Péter Márki-Zay a lesson by not allowing him to put his own candidates on the opposition ballot. A liberal pundit thinks that Márki-Zay’s party could have wooed moderate supporters, thus its exclusion could cost them votes. READ MORE
Jobbik leader criticised for using homophobic language against the PM
Friday, September 24th, 2021A left-wing commentator calls on opposition leaders to dissociate themselves from a statement by Jobbik leader Péter Jakab who threatened PM Orbán that he might find himself in prison and be raped by criminals there, in case the opposition wins next year’s election. READ MORE
Left accused of collaborating with ‘neo-Nazis’
Saturday, August 7th, 2021A pro-government commentator accuses the Left of abandoning their values by cooperating with Jobbik politicians who in the past expressed racist and homophobic views. READ MORE