V4 summit in Budapest
Thursday, November 25th, 2021Prime Minister Orbán calls on the European Union to drop infringement procedures against Hungary and Poland, and help them protect Europe from illegal immigration. READ MORE
Hungary ponders Von der Leyen’s recovery plan
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020As PM Orbán expresses doubts about the €750 billion restart package announced by the European Commission, opinions diverge on why he doesn’t wholeheartedly embrace the project. READ MORE
Trócsányi’s nomination as EU Commissioner blocked
Monday, September 30th, 2019Pro-government outlets are outraged by the decision of the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament to reject Mr Trócsányi’s candidacy. A left-liberal columnist dismisses the PM’s explanation of what happened. READ MORE
France and Germany take asylum seekers from Italy and Malta
Thursday, September 26th, 2019A pro-government columnist calls the agreement reached by the four Interior Ministers ‘a dishonourable pact’, while a liberal commentator thinks Hungary risks remaining isolated with her anti-immigration policies. READ MORE
A left-wing take on Article 7 procedure against Hungary
Thursday, September 19th, 2019A left-wing commentator predicts that the EU will not punish Hungary for the violation of basic democratic norms. He accuses the EU leadership of putting their political interests before the defence of core European values. READ MORE
Future Leyen-Commission described as ‘balanced’
Friday, September 13th, 2019A left-wing analyst believes that the President-elect of the European Commission was trying to satisfy all sides in her distribution of the portfolios among the 27 future Commissioners. READ MORE
Hungary’s Trócsányi to become Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner
Thursday, September 12th, 2019A conservative commentator sees Mr Trócsányi’s nomination to Enlargement Commissioner within the European Commission as a victory for Hungary. READ MORE
Weeklies on the PM’s summer address
Monday, August 5th, 2019In their first issues after Prime Minister Orbán delivered his annual policy speech at the Summer Fidesz event in Transylvania on 27 July, weekly newspapers try to make sense of his new notion of ‘Christian liberty’. READ MORE
PM Orbán meets Ursula von der Leyen
Saturday, August 3rd, 2019A pro-government columnist finds it encouraging that after their first meeting, PM Orbán said it was ‘a good decision’ on his part to back her candidacy. READ MORE
Weeklies on the new setup within the EU
Monday, July 22nd, 2019A pro-government analyst looks into the background of the votes cast by Hungarian left-liberal MPs against Fidesz candidates for EU posts. A liberal weekly lambasts the Greens and the Socialists for not supporting Ursula von der Leyen’s election as President of the European Commission. An evangelist columnist interprets her election as an expression of Germany’s drive to dominate the EU. READ MORE