Liberal pundit lambasts Socialist welfare promises
Monday, September 25th, 2017A liberal analyst accuses the Socialists and other left-wing parties of social demagoguery. READ MORE
Ron Werber as LMP’s campaign guru?
Thursday, September 7th, 2017An independent conservative columnist thinks that by hiring former MSZP campaign strategist Ron Werber to shape their electoral campaign next year, the LMP risks losing the only trait that keeps it afloat. READ MORE
Left accused of living in an echo chamber
Wednesday, September 6th, 2017A veteran left-wing political scientist excoriates the leaders of the fragmented left-liberal opposition for being absorbed by internal skirmishes which are uninteresting for the young generations and have no relevance to the problems of modern societies. READ MORE
MSZP leader announces election programme
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017Commenting on László Botka’s program and strategy, a left-wing pundit fears that the current political system and parties may go down the drain after 2018. A pro-government columnist thinks that Mr Botka is not taken seriously even by left-wing intellectuals. READ MORE
Botka makes peace with Molnár
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017A left-wing columnist excoriates the leaders of the MSZP for wasting time waging internal wars rather than channelling social discontent and representing a credible alternative to the incumbent government. READ MORE
Botka’s struggle for supremacy within the Left
Monday, July 31st, 2017Commentaries continue to flow on MSZP front runner László Botka’s surprisingly candid accusations against ‘traitors and collaborationists’ within his own party. Commentators tend to agree that a left-wing victory at next year’s election is highly improbable. READ MORE
Weeklies on the opposition’s meagre chances
Monday, July 24th, 2017Analysts on both Right and Left believe that the fragmented left-wing opposition stands no chance whatsoever of winning next year’s elections, at least not in their present shape. Right-wing commentators suspect however that the Socialist Party is doomed even in the longer run. READ MORE
MSZP suspected of receiving government support
Monday, June 26th, 2017A fact-finding journalist discovers examples of surprising albeit indirect financial help from the government side to the MSZP, while an independent commentator dismisses the idea that the MSZP is kept afloat by Fidesz as just one more conspiracy theory. Jobbik’s new moderate strategy may play a role in the strategies of these two parties. READ MORE
Growing discontent with Botka in the MSZP?
Saturday, June 24th, 2017A conservative daily reports that ‘the air is getting thin around Botka’, while a left-wing pundit believes that the MSZP candidate for PM must confront ‘the shadows of his own party’ if he wants to be successful. READ MORE
Former Socialist minister to represent Syrian migrant charged with terrorism
Tuesday, June 13th, 2017As a former Socialist Minister of Justice agrees to defend an asylum-seeker in his appeal against a conviction for terrorism, a pro-government commentator accuses the Left of ‘siding with illegal migrants’. A left-wing columnist dismisses the accusation. READ MORE