Press Roundup: Analysts See Opposition in Crisis A left-wing and a conservative commentator agree that the opposition has lost the momentum it gained during the October primaries... 2021.12.28.
Opposition Steps Back from Organizing Primary to Choose Own Presidential Candidate Just over a week after the launch of their initiative, the Civil Head of State Nominating Committee (CÁJB) is dropping... 2021.11.22.
Anna Donáth Elected Leader of Momentum Anna Donáth has been elected the new leader of the Momentum Movement, the party announced on Instagram on Sunday. Donáth,... 2021.11.22.
One of Hungary’s Richest Businessmen Joins Supporters of Opposition PM Candidate Márki-Zay Hungary’s 12th wealthiest man, László Bige, has joined the supporters of Péter Márki-Zay's campaign, donating millions of forints to his... 2021.11.17.
Press Roundup: Ruminations on Márki-Zay’s Political Vision An alt-left commentator sees Péter Márki-Zay as a pro-market neo-liberal politician. A pro-government commentator thinks that the opposition frontrunner wants... 2021.11.09.
Fidesz Makes ‘Stop Gyurcsány, Stop Márki-Zay’ Petition Available in Sign Language The ruling parties' "Stop Gyurcsány, stop Márki-Zay" petition has been made available for people using sign language, Fidesz said in... 2021.10.27.
After Successful Prime Ministerial Primaries, Opposition Eyes Organizing Another to Choose Presidential Candidate Following the successfully-organized prime ministerial primaries, some of the opposition are already talking about organizing a primary to choose a... 2021.10.27.
Budapest Mayor Karácsony Meets Historian Timothy Ash British historian, author, and commentator, Timothy Garton Ash, and Budapest mayor, Gergely Karácsony, met on monday. Ash previously criticized Viktor... 2021.10.26.
Márki-Zay: Fidesz Gave DK Information During Primaries to Discredit Him Péter Márki-Zay, the joint opposition's candidate for prime minister, held a press conference today in Hódmezővásárhely where he is currently... 2021.10.25.
Press Roundup: Márki-Zay Gathers Support Among Intellectuals Critics of both the government and of the opposition parties welcome the result of the opposition primary but wonder what... 2021.10.22.
Márki-Zay on CNN: “We Now Have the Highest Chance in a Decade to Defeat Orbán” On Wednesday evening, Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition's candidate for prime minister, gave a live interview to CNN. Christiane Amanpour asked... 2021.10.21.
Press Roundup: Márki-Zay Wants a Base in Future Parliament A conservative columnist believes new fault-lines may appear within the opposition as their newly elected candidate for Prime Minister asks... 2021.10.21.
Márki-Zay Eyes Separate Parliamentary Group for his Movement and Civilians After winning the primaries, the joint opposition's prime minister candidate confirmed that he wouldn't turn his movement into a party.... 2021.10.20.
Press Roundup: Outsider Márki-Zay Wins Opposition Primary In their first comments after Péter Márki-Zay’s victory was announced late on Sunday night, left-liberal commentators think his unexpected success... 2021.10.20.
Media: Controversial Anti-Márki-Zay Front Pages in Pesti Hírlap Lead to Departures One week after newspaper Pesti Hírlap had published controversial front pages in connection to the opposition primaries, the editor-in chief,... 2021.10.19.
Dangers and Possibilities- Political Analysts’ Take on Péter Márki-Zay’s Chances What are the chances and what is the potential Achilles heel of the joint opposition's freshly-elected prime ministerial candidate and... 2021.10.19.
Fidesz Modifies Petition Campaign to Focus on Primaries Winner Márki-Zay Hungary's ruling Fidesz is making changes to its anti-Gyurcsány signature drive launched in September to put more focus on Péter... 2021.10.19.
Reactions to Márki-Zay Winning Primaries: Beginning of a New Chapter vs. Gyurcsány’s Fake-Right Candidate Péter Márki-Zay has been elected by a significant majority to lead the opposition alliance against Viktor Orbán and Fidesz-KDNP in... 2021.10.18.
An Unexpected Win: Who is Orbán Challenger, Péter Márki-Zay? On Sunday night it was announced that Péter Márki-Zay had won the opposition’s primary election. Unlike his opponents, he was... 2021.10.18.
Primaries Site Suffers Another Overload Attack on Last Day, Several Gov’t-critical Portals Unavailable over Weekend Mérce, 444.hu, 24.hu, and the opposition primaries' online system were all unavailable or faced disruptions for some time over the... 2021.10.18.
Conservative Márki-Zay Wins Opposition Primary Péter Márki-Zay of the Everyone's Hungary Movement (Mindenki Magyarországa Mozgalom, MMM) won the opposition's primary election with 371,560 votes (56.71... 2021.10.18.