Politics dominated by hatred
Friday, August 17th, 2018A political scientist describes the past three decades of Hungarian politics as an incessant struggle between enemies. His main problem is that the struggle is fuelled by hatred.
Government and opposition blamed alike for the Stop Soros bill
Monday, June 25th, 2018A left-wing commentator excoriates the government for passing the bill against organisations which support asylum seekers, and the amendments to the constitution passed with it, but lambasts the opposition as well for its passive behaviour. READ MORE
Conservative recommendations for the opposition
Monday, May 14th, 2018Two conservative columnists call on the opposition to stop futile street protests, and start doing their homework in Parliament. READ MORE
Anti-government demonstration #3
Thursday, May 10th, 2018After Tuesday’s rally in front of the Parliament building, pro-government columnists believe that the spontaneous post-electoral opposition demonstrations are fading out, while a left-wing commentator still sees them as an alternative to parliamentary politics. READ MORE
Analyses one month after the elections
Monday, May 7th, 2018Commentators across the political spectrum agree that the sweeping victory of the government side was due in the first place to the weaknesses of the opposition, although left-liberal analysts also contend that the governing forces enjoyed unfair advantages during the campaign. READ MORE
Therapies for a left-wing recovery
Monday, April 30th, 2018Two weeks after the general election, commentators on both sides of the main political divide try to figure out whether the opposition parties will ever become a match for Fidesz or whether a new one can replace them. READ MORE
Márki Zay to become the leader of a united opposition?
Friday, April 27th, 2018A libertarian columnist welcomes the recently elected Mayor of Hódmezővásárhely onto the national political stage, as a challenger to the leaders of the fragmented opposition. He also dismisses the idea that the opposition should boycott parliament. READ MORE
The MSZP proposes opposition roundtable
Thursday, April 26th, 2018A left-wing columnist hopes that the new initiative will save the leaders of the opposition from the ire of their supporters and produce new leaders to replace them some time in the future. READ MORE
Saturday demonstration #2
Tuesday, April 24th, 2018Commentators agree that the tens of thousands of people who attended the second Saturday demonstration against the government are still far from having clear political objectives. Otherwise, they express diametrically opposed views on this new movement. READ MORE
What comes after the election?
Monday, April 23rd, 2018Two weeks after the Parliamentary election, weeklies and weekend editions of dailies from across the political spectrum wonder if and how the opposition can recover from such a devastating blow. READ MORE