Navracsics hopes to rescue Erasmus and Horizon
Thursday, January 26th, 2023Based on insider sources, a news report suggests the controversy over EU-financed academic exchange programmes will be overcome by next spring. READ MORE
Weeklies on the Erasmus programs
Monday, January 23rd, 2023Liberal commentators and an independent conservative columnist agree with the European Commission that the new university system does not meet rule of law criteria. Pro-government columnists dismiss the suggestion and accuse the EU of using double standards again to punish Hungary. READ MORE
The government hopes to reverse the ’Erasmus decision’
Friday, January 13th, 2023While Cabinet Minister Tibor Navracsics asks the European Commission what Hungary should do to reopen the Erasmus programme to its foundation-run universities, pro-government commentators find the approach of the EC politically motivated. READ MORE
EU to suspend Erasmus programmes for Hungarian foundation-run universities
Thursday, January 12th, 2023A pro-government columnist suspects political reasons behind the move by the European Commission, while a left-wing commentator accuses the government of being responsible for closing Europe’s doors to thousands of Hungarian students. READ MORE
Government confident it can unblock EU funding
Tuesday, September 20th, 2022A pro-government commentator reads the latest announcement by the European Commission to mean that Hungary will get all the EU funding it is entitled to until 2028. READ MORE
Navracsics says Fidesz risks losing centrist voters
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020As the former Deputy Prime Minister and European Commissioner warns that Fidesz has moved too far to the right, a radical right-wing philosopher cautions against ostracising him. READ MORE
Paris terrorist picked up accomplices in Budapest
Saturday, December 5th, 2015A conservative columnist accuses EC chairman Jean-Claude Juncker of promoting valueless policies and facilitating thereby the rise of Islamist terrorism in Europe. READ MORE
Might Simicska run for Veszprém seat?
Friday, November 28th, 2014Commentators across the political spectrum believe that if the Fidesz tycoon does actually challenge the official Fidesz candidate in the by-election scheduled for February next year, then the rift between him and the Prime Minister must be even more serious than observers realised.
Was Navracsics’s tough Brussels hearing a sham?
Thursday, October 9th, 2014Commentators take it for granted that PM Orbán’s candidate will get his seat in the European Commission. A right-wing analyst believes that Navracsics’s questioning in the Cultural Committee of the European Parliament was meant to gloss over a deal that had been struck well in advance. READ MORE
One ‘yes’ and one ‘no’ for Navracsics in Brussels
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014Népszabadság thinks the future Hungarian Commissioner is an unprincipled man who dissociated himself from the government he has served for 4 years in order to get a seat in the European Commission. Magyar Nemzet writes that Tibor Navracsics kept his composure throughout the tough hearing. READ MORE