Press Roundup: Karácsony Withdraws from the Primary Race A pro-government daily reads Gergely Karácsony’s decision to withdraw from the opposition primary as proof that he is a failed... 2021.10.09.
Karácsony Withdraws from Primaries Minutes Before Deadline Contrary to his previous statements, Gergely Karácsony announced today that he is withdrawing from the primaries in favor of Péter... 2021.10.08.
PMO Head: More at Stake at Next Year’s Election than Ever Before More is at stake in next year's general election than ever before, the prime minister's chief of staff told locals... 2021.10.08.
PM Orbán Announces Social and Cultural Sector Wage Hikes Hungary's nurses will receive a wage hike of 21 percent from January next year, while creche workers and employees in... 2021.10.08.
Momentum President Initiates Vote of No Confidence Against Himself after Primaries Failure Centrist-liberal opposition party Momentum's president András Fekete-Győr has initiated a vote of no confidence against himself, after finishing last in... 2021.10.06.
Fidesz’s Kövér: Plans to Amend Constitution with Simple Majority ‘Cross Line of Criminal Law’ Those who believe the constitution can be amended with a simple parliamentary majority "cross the line of criminal law", Speaker... 2021.10.06.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on Discord Within the Opposition Over Proposals to Scrap the 2011 Constitution Commentators across the political spectrum wonder whether, if they win the election next April, the opposition could or would revoke... 2021.10.04.
Press Roundup: Dobrev Wins First Round of Opposition Primary A left-liberal author ponders Klára Dobrev’s chances of winning the second round of the opposition primaries, and then of a... 2021.10.02.
Survey: Fidesz Maintains Steady Lead Despite Opposition Primaries If a general election were held this Sunday, Hungary's ruling Fidesz party would capture 53 percent of the vote and... 2021.09.29.
Controversial Socialist MP Tóth Pulls Out of Primaries after Losing Support of Backing Parties Csaba Tóth, Zugló's incumbent Socialist (MSZP) lawmaker, has decided to step down in the primaries. Following a number of accusations,... 2021.09.28.
Fidesz Comm Head: Over Half a Million Sign Anti-Gyurcsány Petition More than half a million people so far have signed the ruling alliance's "Stop Gyurcsány! Stop Karácsony!" petition launched on... 2021.09.23.
US Conservatives to Hold Event in Budapest Next Spring The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will meet in Budapest next spring, Miklós Szánthó, director of the pro-Fidesz Centre for... 2021.09.23.
Press Roundup: Voting in Opposition Primaries Underway As voting begins in the opposition primaries to choose PM Orbán’s challenger, weeklies and the weekend editions of dailies wonder... 2021.09.20.
Opposition DK to Restrict President’s Pardoning Powers The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) will initiate restricting the president's powers to grant pardon from the time of announcing the... 2021.09.18.
Karácsony’s Referendum Questions Approved by Election Committe Appealed By the Tuesday afternoon deadline, six applications for legal procedures had been submitted to the National Election Office(NVI) regarding two... 2021.09.17.
Analysis of Primaries: Balance Among Potential Winners but DK and Jobbik Can Hope for More Besides a virtual balance in potential candidates, current situation predicts the likelihood of Jobbik and Democratic Coalition (DK) to come... 2021.09.16.
Orbán Warns Against ‘Gyurcsány Era’s Return’ at Fidesz-KDNP Group Meeting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned against "the return of the Gyurcsány era" at a meeting of the Fidesz and KDNP... 2021.09.16.
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.
DK Promises to Set Up Anti-Graft Agency Democratic Coalition (DK) MEP Klára Dobrev, the party's candidate for prime minister, has promised to set up an anti-corruption agency... 2021.09.13.
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.
