OLAF investigates MSZP’s false nurse video
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020A pro-government columnist suspects that the Hungarian Left will try to boost its popularity through lies and fake news as the 2022 general election approaches. READ MORE
Former Vice Chairman says the MSZP is doomed
Saturday, August 1st, 2020A former leading Socialist politician explains to a pro-government journalist why he left his party and founded a new one which, he hopes, will soon overtake the MSZP in terms of popularity. READ MORE
Tributes to Magda Kósa Kovács
Wednesday, July 29th, 2020Commentators praise the defunct Socialist politician for her honesty. READ MORE
The MSZP continues to lose ground
Friday, July 3rd, 2020A centrist analyst thinks the Socialist Party should urgently find a convincing mission for itself – or possibly lose its place in Parliament. READ MORE
70 Socialists dream of electoral victory
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020A veteran Socialist politician describes a vision outlined by a group of his colleagues on how to promote opposition victory at the elections in two years’ time. READ MORE
MSZP accused of spreading fake news
Thursday, June 11th, 2020A pro-government commentator mocks the opposition for not even being able to forge proper fake videos. READ MORE
Ferenc Gyurcsány’s bid for the leadership of the opposition
Saturday, March 7th, 2020A pro-government and a left-wing columnist claim in unison that former Prime Minister Gyurcsány is becoming the leader of the opposition. READ MORE
Two MSZP mayors join the DK
Thursday, February 27th, 2020Commenting on the decision of two recently elected Budapest district mayors to leave the Socialist Party and join the Democratic Coalition, a left-wing columnist believes such ‘tug-of-war games’ within the opposition will harm their electoral chances. READ MORE
Weeklies on the first days of opposition rule in Budapest
Monday, November 11th, 2019Weeklies wonder if the opposition parties who defeated Fidesz in almost half of the big cities, including the capital, will become its real challenger at the 2022 Parliamentary elections. READ MORE
Further analyses of the opposition breakthrough
Monday, November 4th, 2019After losing ten consecutive local and national elections by a landslide majority, the opposition won mayoral posts in 11 out of 23 major cities throughout Hungary on 13 October. The surprise development still gives commentators ample food for thought. READ MORE