János Horváth, the veteran politician who was the oldest member of Parliament for a long time and who lived through dramatic events of the stormy 20th century, has passed away at age 99. Nearly living to be one hundred,...

Donald Tusk, former Polish Prime Minister and President of the European Council, has become the President of the European People’s Party (EPP). It is worth studying what relations, perhaps coordination can be expected between the Polish politician and the...

Big cities traditionally tend to vote for the Left (or leftist-liberal parties) in Europe and North America, and the tendency is spreading elsewhere. The greatest counter-point of Erdogan’s regime is Kemalist Istanbul, Donald Trump couldn’t win in the large...

The debate over the financial sources of the European Union in the next seven years, i. e. the new 2021-2027 budget, is getting hotter as the time of decision-making is approaching. Some of the richest countries would like to...

Viktor Orbán has for years been perhaps the only politician in the EU repeatedly advocating for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while most have strongly opposed the politics of the Turkish president. The Hungarian Prime Minister regularly argues the reasons this...

An interesting political situation was created by the municipal elections on October 13th in Hungary. In Budapest and in several big provincial cities, the allied opposition won, forming a majority in the local assemblies and giving them new mayors....

There were general elections in Poland and the ruling Law and Justice party, PIS has done better than expected. Kaczynski’s right-wing formation won 45% of the votes, with a majority in the lower house of Sejm and falling short...

An interesting political situation has developed in Hungary after the 2019 European Parliamentary elections and the local elections in October. Fidesz’ power to govern hasn’t been questioned, but opposition arithmetics has been rearranged and the final rehearsal of coordination...

An unexpected political situation has developed in Hungary after the local elections, where the united Opposition attained considerably stronger positions than predicted. Fidesz has remained the strongest political actor, having attracted over 50% of the voters, and its capability...

The 2019 municipal elections brought great surprises.  Although Fidesz won the majority of the municipals, they lost Budapest and a great number of Hungary’s largest cities; thus, the opposition alliance has proven that it is still alive and that...

Apart from certain important cities, the country remained orange in general, while in Budapest, the joint opposition scored a much-awaited and in certain districts, a very surprising victory. Analysts agree this might bring a new era in domestic politics. No...

A recurring message of the government parties during the local election campaign: if an opposition mayoral candidate wins, the municipality may lose significant government funds. Many members of government parties have referred to this, but research on the subject...

Although unsuitability is Fidesz-KDNP’s main campaign message ahead of the upcoming municipal elections regarding the candidates, in the name of “don’t change a winning formula,” the governing alliance hasn’t forgotten about migration and its harsh criticism – they have...

The appropriate ratio between centralization and decentralization has always been and probably will invariably remain a dilemma for any society. Although it seems obvious that strong local administrations are natural elements of democratic systems, considerable differences can be found...

In the last century, the Hungarian population has changed significantly.  There are numerous reasons for this, including the two world wars, Trianon, the Ratkó era, the spread of contraception, emigration, and immigration. However, since the population peak in 1980,...

Local elections will be held in Hungary on October 13th. There is more at stake now than at the last two such elections. Due to forming an alliance, the opposition is expected to win in more places than earlier....