Press Roundup: Opposition Holds First Primary Debate Commentators right across the political spectrum agree that the opposition prime ministerial candidates avoided fierce disputes and divisive topics in... 2021.09.15.
Focus on Fidesz’s Accountability, ‘Unjust’ Taxation, Healthcare, and Education at Opposition PM-Candidates’ First Debate The first debate between the opposition parties' prime-ministerial candidates was held Sunday night. Besides only one minor verbal clash, the... 2021.09.13.
DK MEP Calls for Independent Health-Care Ministry Klára Dobrev, an MEP of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) party, pledged wage and staff increases in health care and... 2021.09.11.
Skirmishes and Controversy Accompany Opposition Primaries Despite the opposition parties endorsing one another, stressing that primaries are a celebration of democracy, their campaign and fights for... 2021.09.08.
Five PM Candidates to Enter Ring at Opposition Primaries after Signature Collection Comes to a Close Five prime ministerial candidates will run in the primaries after two of them didn't manage to collect the relevant number... 2021.09.07.
Jobbik’s Péter Jakab Third to Secure Opposition Primary Election Candidacy After Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony and DK's Klára Dobrev, Péter Jakab is the third candidate to collect enough signatures to... 2021.09.03.
Election Com. Approves Karácsony’s Fudan and One Other Referendum Question The National Election Committee (NVB) approved two of the five referendum questions submitted by Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, the candidate... 2021.08.31.
DK PM Candidate Dobrev: Next Gov’t Needs to Bring Hungary Back to Western Europe Besides government change, Hungary's future in the EU will also be at stake, with "a Huxit looming on the horizon,"... 2021.08.30.
Press Roundup: Crossfire of Accusations of Demagoguery A pro-government commentator interprets Budapest Mayor Karácsony’s threat to veto the Budapest Athletics Championship as a demagogic stunt. A liberal... 2021.08.30.
DK Politician Assaulted while Collecting Pre-Election Signatures A local representative of the opposition Democratic Coalition was assaulted while collecting signatures for the opposition pre-election, the party said... 2021.08.28.
DK’s Klára Dobrev Second to Secure Candidacy in Opposition Primaries The 20 thousand signature endorsements necessary for running in the opposition primaries have been gathered by prime ministerial candidate Klára... 2021.08.25.
Opposition Primaries: Rivals Endorse Each Another Multiple opposition prime ministerial candidates have endorsed their rivals, noticeably in support of each other running in the upcoming primaries.... 2021.08.25.
LMP Lawmaker to Join Jobbik Parliamentary Group After 2022 General Elections Márta Demeter, lawmaker of opposition green LMP, will be joining the parliamentary group of rightist Jobbik if she wins a... 2021.08.23.
Opposition Primaries Procedure Begins to Find Strongest Candidates to Challenge Fidesz Next Year Following long negotiations and dealings, administration of the opposition primaries has just been concluded, and the procedure officially started on... 2021.08.23.
Jobbik’s László Bíró, Criticized for Racist Comments, Withdraws from Opposition Primaries Opposition Jobbik's candidate, László Bíró, who lost the by-election in the Borsod 6th district to governing Fidesz’s candidate a year... 2021.08.17.
Press Roundup: Govt’s Referendum Initiative to Support Its ’Child Protection Law’ A pro-government commentator argues that the referendum and the law it serves to support are intended to defend children from... 2021.07.30.
Survey: Former Socialist PM Gyurcsány, Opposition PM Candidate Karácsony on Good Terms Fully 59 percent of Hungarians asked in a recent Nézőpont survey said they believed Ferenc Gyurcsány, the leader of the... 2021.07.14.
