Hungarian Press Roundup: Restrictions to Fight the Coronavirus Pandemic As the government announces a partial curfew in an effort to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, commentators ponder... 2020.03.30.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Ferenc Gyurcsány’s Bid for Leadership of Opposition A pro-government and a left-wing columnist claim in unison that former Prime Minister Gyurcsány is becoming the leader of the... 2020.03.10.
LMP: No Decision Yet on Joint Opposition List for 2022 Hungary's opposition parties agreed that a single candidate should run against the ruling parties in each constituency in the 2022... 2020.03.03.
Gyurcsány: Opposition Will Win if It Joins Together The opposition parties will win the general election in 2022 if they join together, Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the Democratic... 2020.03.02.
DK: Dunaújváros By-election Win Boosts Opposition Unity The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has hailed Sunday's by-election victory by joint opposition candidate Gergely Kállő in Dunaújváros, in central... 2020.02.17.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Jobbik Elects New Leader On the pages of a liberal weekly, the new chairman of the formerly far-right party suggests that opposition parties should... 2020.02.17.
Gyurcsány: ‘Far Better to Have a Coalition Gov’t Forced to Compromise than an Ignominious Single Party of the State’ Ferenc Gyurcsány, the leader of the Democratic Coalition, has called on Hungary's opposition parties to join forces, saying: "Either we'll... 2020.02.10.
House Speaker Kövér Sees ‘Total Political War’ in Hungary, Slams ‘Destructive’ Opposition Hungary's internal affairs amount to "total war", with no dialogue in parliament and the opposition having "no arguments but invectives",... 2020.02.06.
Jobbik’s New President Advocates Two Opposition Lists At 2022 General Elections The opposition should field two lists, while one opposition candidate should be chosen in each of the single-member constituencies to... 2020.02.05.
Hungarian Press Roundup: User Guides for Political Rivals As both Fidesz and the opposition brace themselves for the 2022 elections, two authors ponder what might make each successful.... 2020.02.03.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Budapest Mayor Karácsony’s First 100 days A liberal and a pro-government commentator assess Budapest Mayor Karácsony’s performance during his first one hundred days in office. Hungarian... 2020.01.24.
Orbán on 2022 Elections: ‘I Stand Prepared’ to Continue as PM Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told an international press conference on Thursday he was ready to run for another term in... 2020.01.10.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Prospects of a United Opposition A left-wing and a pro-government commentator think that the opposition needs first of all a strong and charismatic leader to... 2020.01.07.
Kövér: Hungary’s Culture War ‘Post-communist’s Struggle to Maintain Supremacy’ László Kövér, the speaker of parliament, in an interview to pro-government daily Magyar Hírlap, commented on Hungary's "culture war", defining... 2019.12.23.
Socialist Party Urges Opposition Cooperation to Draft Programme for 2022 Election Socialist party leader Bertalan Tóth said on Saturday that cooperation between a variety of opposition parties offers an opportunity to... 2019.12.16.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Ruling Parties Change Culture Bill Left-wing and liberal commentators accuse the government of changing the way culture is financed, in order to bring it under... 2019.12.11.
LMP Elects Schmuck Co-leader The congress of green opposition LMP on Saturday elected lawmaker Erzsébet Schmuck as its co-leader. Schmuck told a press conference... 2019.11.25.
Budapest Election Map Changed Big cities traditionally tend to vote for the Left (or leftist-liberal parties) in Europe and North America, and the tendency... 2019.11.21.
Socialists Agree with Karácsony on Establishing ‘Alliance of Free Cities’ The opposition MSZP (Socialist Party) has said it backs an initiative by the mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony, to form... 2019.11.18.
Jobbik’s Sneider Won’t Re-run for Presidency, Party to Elect New Leader in November Tamás Sneider, leader of nationalist opposition Jobbik, on Thursday said he will not seek re-election as his party's leader at... 2019.10.17.
