Two takes of what’s at stake in the EP election
Saturday, May 25th, 2019Two leading media outlets express opposing views on who stands for what in Sunday’s elections for the European Parliament. READ MORE
New Year’s Day assessments
Thursday, January 3rd, 2019A liberal commentator thinks that Prime Minister Orbán botched his chances in 2018 and predicts his fall within eight years, while a pro-government columnist argues that Mr Orbán’s political line is slowly becoming the European mainstream. READ MORE
Macron’s EU plans criticised
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018A pro-government daily carries two articles within three days criticising President Macron of France for his views about a more integrated European Union. READ MORE
Wake up call to Europe
Friday, October 12th, 2018A pro-government historian believes that leading West European politicians would like to go back to the times when Eastern Europe was a second-rate region. She invites them instead to meet the new challenges of the modern era. READ MORE
Macron accepts Orbán’s challenge
Friday, August 31st, 2018As President Emmanuel Macron of France accepts Mr Orbán’s identification of him as his main adversary in Europe, a pro-government analyst explains that the two leaders are in fact the leading personalities of two opposing camps in Europe. READ MORE
French Ambassador to Budapest replaced after Pro-Orbán memo
Wednesday, July 18th, 2018A conservative author thinks the French Foreign Ministry harmed itself by leaking a confidential note in which its ambassador to Budapest suggested a shift in France’s attitude toward the Hungarian Prime Minister. READ MORE
Macron seen as the mountain, giving birth to a mouse
Thursday, September 28th, 2017A pro-government columnist thinks the ten-year road map for a closer European Union laid out by President Macron of France is a collection of commonplaces or unrealistic ideas which merely aim at bolstering his dwindling popularity at home. READ MORE
Macron’s presidency seen as an urban victory
Thursday, May 11th, 2017After Trump’s victory in the United States and the Brexit vote last year, a well-known Hungarian-American analyst interprets the outcome of the French presidential election as a cause for celebration for progressive forces. READ MORE
Emmanuel Macron, President of France
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017In the very first Hungarian press commentary on the outcome of the presidential election in France, a pro-government analyst hopes that Emmanuel Macron will not make good on his campaign promise to fine unruly EU member countries. READ MORE