Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Elections – with Two Weeks’ Hindsight Commentators still struggle to find consistent explanations for the fourth consecutive electoral victory of Fidesz on 3 April. There is... 2022.04.25.
Macron Sets Goals of French EU Presidency, Singles Out Hungary and Poland over Rule of Law France took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union on January 1, so the French President... 2022.01.20.
Press Roundup: Opposition Discusses Chances of Electoral Victory The editor-in-chief of a left-wing weekly promises impartial coverage of the upcoming opposition primaries, while a close associate of Budapest... 2021.05.25.
Press Roundup: Conflicting Analyses on the Nature of the ‘Orbán Regime’ A renowned liberal economist believes Hungary is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship, while a conservative philosopher thinks that Prime... 2021.03.30.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Dispatches from the Trenches in the Culture War A pro-government commentator finds it justified for the government to have reclaimed national sovereignty from what he calls the ‘post-Communist... 2021.02.23.
Gyurcsány: Joint Opposition Can Win against Orbán’s ‘Autocratic System’ Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition, said in a keynote speech on Saturday that the decision by Hungary's... 2021.02.15.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Hungary and Poland Defiant over Rule of Law Criteria A pro-government and a liberal commentator both find it unlikely that the EU can broker a deal with Hungary and... 2020.11.28.
Justice Minister Varga Invites Clooney for Coffee in Budapest Other important members of the Orbán government have joined the "Clooney-saga." Both the Foreign and Justice Ministers felt they needed... 2020.11.25.
Clooney Denies Soros’ Guidance: ‘I Wanted to Speak out Against Orbán’s Autocracy’ In the wake of a recent verbal quarrel between George Clooney and the Hungarian government, the Hollywood actor issued a... 2020.11.24.
Hungarian Press Roundup: European Parliament to Reconvene As the European Parliament opens its plenary session, a pro-government pundit claims that left-liberal MEPs serving the interests of George... 2020.09.16.
