Major Losses for the Opposition in Budapest The joint opposition suffered defeats in districts where they used to be successful, the by-elections show. Eleven by-elections for local... 2022.09.23.
Parliament Adopts 11th Amendment to Constitution On Tuesday, Parliament adopted the 11th amendment to Hungary's Fundamental Law, timing local elections in Hungary to fall on the... 2022.07.20.
Budapest By-Elections Yield 3 Governing Party, 1 Opposition Victory Four Budapest seats held by-elections on Sunday, with three electing candidates from the governing party and one from the opposition,... 2022.06.27.
Fidesz to Propose Holding EP and Municipal Elections on Same Day A proposal on holding the European parliamentary and municipal elections in Hungary on the same day will be submitted to... 2022.06.15.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Fidesz Candidates Win Two Local Elections A pro-government columnist takes the results of Sunday’s local elections as proof that the opposition parties stand no chance to... 2020.09.30.
Survey: Opposition Voters Want Wide-Ranging Cooperation to Defeat Fidesz in 2022 Two recent surveys both show that most opposition voters think that the best strategy for the opposition parties to win... 2020.07.17.
Karácsony and Other Mayors Protest Budget Cuts Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony and opposition and independent mayors from around Hungary protested on Friday budget cuts affecting municipalities and... 2020.07.03.
Coronavirus – DK: Orbán Only Concerned with Boosting His Powers The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is only concerned with boosting his powers and not with... 2020.04.01.
Opposition Dilemma for 2022: One Common Party List or Two? The opposition's partial success during last year's municipal election was serious fuel for trying to build close and wide-ranging cooperation... 2020.02.12.
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.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Fidesz Candidate Elected Mayor of Győr Commentators ponder whether the victory of the government side at the Győr mayoral by-election puts an end to a series... 2020.01.29.
Fidesz-KDNP Candidate Wins Mayoral By-election in Győr The candidate of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats alliance Csaba András Dézsi has won the mayoral by-election in Győr, Hungary's sixth... 2020.01.27.
Government to Punish Budapest for Local Election Results? After their local election defeat, the government wants to punish Budapest by not allocating money for the capital in the... 2020.01.14.
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.
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: Govt Mounting Attack on Cultural Freedom The government's new package of laws on cultural activity is an attack on cultural freedom, the opposition LMP party said... 2019.12.09.
New Blog ‘Angel’s Advocate’ Threatens to Reveal Socialist Politicians’ Alleged Sex and Drug Scandals A new blog called the "Angel's Advocate" promises to reveal dirty secrets about a newly elected opposition mayor and his... 2019.12.09.
Ruling Fidesz-KDNP Name Candidate for Győr Mayor Chief cardiologist and local council representative Csaba András Dézsi has been nominated as the ruling Fidesz-KDNP alliance’s candidate for mayor... 2019.12.09.
Opposition Parties Name Joint Candidate for Győr Mayor Local MSZP (Socialist Party) leader Balázs Pollreisz has been nominated as the opposition's candidate for mayor in Győr, the northwest... 2019.12.04.
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.
Occupation of PM’s Chair and Heated Debate in Parliament over House Rule Changes The opposition parliamentary parties on Wednesday slammed changes to house rules proposed by the ruling parties as "an act of... 2019.11.21.