Minor, yet Worrying Violent Incidents Increase as General Elections Near As political events leading up to next year's general elections are gearing up (e.g. ongoing primaries for the opposition and... 2021.09.10.
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.
Press Roundup: PM Orbán Vows to ‘Keep the EU Alive’ Opinions diverge over what motivated the Prime Minister to say that he will be a staunch supporter of the European... 2021.09.08.
Fidesz’s Anti-Gyurcsány, Anti-Karácsony Signature Drive Garners 100,000 Signatures More than 100,000 people have already signed Fidesz's "Stop, Gyurcsány! Stop, Karácsony!" petition in only five days, announced the ruling... 2021.09.07.
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.
Párbeszéd Submits Amendment Proposal to Speed Up Referendum Process on Fudan Campus Opposition Párbeszéd has submitted to parliament an amendment proposal to the law governing referendums in Hungary with a view to... 2021.09.07.
Orbán: Hungary “Safe Point in This Uncertain World” "Our strategy is: we win, they lose," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán quoted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan regarding the upcoming... 2021.09.06.
PMO Head Gulyás: ‘Only Thing Gyurcsány Family Loves More than Lies is Power’ "The only thing the Gyurcsány family loves than lies is power," the prime minister's chief of staff said on Facebook... 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’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.
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.
Press Roundup: GDP Growth Exceeds Expectations A pro-government commentator believes that Hungary’s 17.9 per cent growth rate vindicates the government’s economic policy. The leading online business... 2021.08.19.
Orbán to Tucker Carlson: Liberals Cannot Accept Greater Success of National-Conservative Alternative Hungary rejected illegal immigration during the migration crisis of 2015 because "it was the only reasonable behaviour" to defend the... 2021.08.06.
Opposition DK Calls on Gov’t to Postpone Presidential Vote until after General Election The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is re-submitting an amendment proposal to postpone the parliamentary election of Hungary's president until after... 2021.08.05.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Government’s ‘Child Protection’ Referendum Left-wing weeklies sharply dismiss the government initiative to hold a referendum on the sexual education of children as a pointless... 2021.08.02.
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.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on Conflicts with the EU The weeklies are sharply divided on the issues which pit the Hungarian government against the European Commission, but all consider... 2021.07.19.
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.
