Opposition-leaning commentators welcome the unexpectedly good performance of Peter Magyar’s recently founded TISZA party and interpret the result as a setback for Fidesz. Pro-government columnists expected better scores from Prime Minister Orbán’s party but see no imminent threat in the outcome of the election. READ MORE
A liberal analyst finds it paradoxical but also natural that the European elections are about domestic rather than continental issues. READ MORE
A conservative critic of the government believes that the two rival right-wing groups of the European Parliament will find it hard to merge. READ MORE
A pro-government pundit ridicules commentators who see the European elections as a setback for Fidesz. A left-wing analyst praises Péter Magyar for his performance but warns that he must improve his skill at facing critics. READ MORE
An independent analyst believes that Sunday’s municipal and European elections have opened a new era in Hungarian politics. READ MORE
In their last opinion columns before Sunday’s municipal and European elections, commentators tried to make sense of the changes in the domestic political landscape and relations between Hungary and the European Union. READ MORE
An independent observer sees most traditional opposition parties as doomed to extinction, and suspects that Péter Magyar’s TISZA Party, just like most ’pop-up’ parties, may prove to be a bubble. READ MORE
A commentator wonders if the Left is on its way out of Parliament. READ MORE
In their first reactions, commentators find the debate of the eleven top candidates for the European election interesting although not particularly instructive. READ MORE
A commentator believes that any real threat to Fidesz rule may come from within the ruling party itself. READ MORE