Conservative Márki-Zay Wins Opposition Primary Péter Márki-Zay of the Everyone's Hungary Movement (Mindenki Magyarországa Mozgalom, MMM) won the opposition's primary election with 371,560 votes (56.71... 2021.10.18.
Hungarian Opposition Primaries Conclude with 662,000 Voting in Second Round The final round of the opposition primaries was concluded Saturday evening. The winner, DK's Klára Dobrev or Péter Márki Zay... 2021.10.17.
Fidesz Comms Director: EU Responsible for ‘Public Utility Crisis’ Europe currently suffers from a "public utility crisis" for which Brussels clearly bears responsibility, the communications director of ruling Fidesz... 2021.10.16.
MSZP Finally Decides to Back PM Candidate Márki-Zay in Primaries The Socialist Party (MSZP) has finally decided who they will support as the joint opposition's prime ministerial candidate in the... 2021.10.14.
Rivalry between Opposition PM Candidates Márki-Zay and Dobrev Getting More Intense The battle for electing Viktor Orbán's challenger has been narrowed down to two contenders. As the second, decisive round of... 2021.10.12.
Press Roundup: Ruminations on Opposition’s Vision A pro-government columnist thinks that the opposition candidates have so far failed to outline their political vision. An alt-left commentator... 2021.10.12.
LMP Calls for 70% Wage Increase for Teachers Opposition LMP said on Monday that teachers should get 65-70 percent wage increase in order to preserve the purchasing power... 2021.10.12.
Another Alleged Cyberattack on First Day of Primaries’ Second Round The second round of the primaries started yesterday, October 10th. The beginning of the first round did not go smoothly... 2021.10.11.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Primary Runoff By the time the news broke on Friday that Klára Dobrev will face a single challenger, namely Péter Márki-Zay, in the second round of... 2021.10.11.
LMP Assurance for Representation of Green Issues, Party Co-leader Says LMP and the party's Green Guarantee programme, is the assurance for representation of green issues, the opposition party's co-leader said... 2021.10.11.
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.
LIBE Delegation Head: Fair Play in Hungarian Elections ‘Doubtful’ in Light of Fidesz’s Power Hungary has a kind of "one party system," and the fact that "one single party has put its people everywhere,... 2021.10.06.
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.
Tensions Grow amid Speculation and Bargains ahead of Opposition Primary’s 2nd Round While there still isn't a final agreement between centrist prime ministerial candidate Gergely Karácsony and conservative Péter Márki-Zay, the two... 2021.10.04.
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.
PM Orbán Talks Ukraine, Army Development, Pension Premium, Opposition in Radio Interview The government will pay pensioners a 80,000 forint (EUR 222) premium in November, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told pro-government public... 2021.10.01.
Press Roundup: First Round of Opposition Primary Concludes A pro-government commentator claims that the opposition primary is a stunt orchestrated by Ferenc Gyurcsány. A liberal columnist commenting on... 2021.10.01.