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.
Opposition’s Collapse: What’s Behind it? Although the opposition's defeat was predicted, such a huge fiasco was not foreseen. Fidesz was able to improve almost everywhere,... 2022.04.05.
Press Roundup: Speculations about Foreign Interference in Hungarian Elections A pro-government columnist fears that foreign agencies including the CIA may interfere in the Hungarian election to help the opposition.... 2022.01.24.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Eucharistic Congress The weeklies went to print well before the end of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress, which wounded up in Budapest... 2021.09.13.
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.
Orbán: If a Conservative Leader Makes an Economic Mistake then He “Is Murdered the Next Morning” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, addressing a conference on conservatism in Rome on Tuesday, said economic success was a prerequisite for... 2020.02.05.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Environmentalism in Politics Commentators across the political spectrum ponder whether and if so how green ideas are redrawing the political landscape. Hungarian press... 2019.12.17.
New EPP Leader Tusk Declares Fight against Populists Outgoing European Council President Donald Tusk was elected the new president of the European People's Party on Wednesday. He had... 2019.11.21.
Orbán’s Former Adviser Makes ‘The Case for Populism’ in NYT Mária Schmidt, a historian who is the director general of the House of Terror Museum and former adviser to the... 2019.10.18.
Hungarian Press Roundup: European Political Landscape after the EP Election A pro-government analyst predicts that new rifts will emerge in the EU after centrist mainstream parties lost ground at the... 2019.05.29.
Socialists: Stopping Populists Who ‘Betray Their Country’ at Stake Socialist leader Bertalan Tóth said on Monday that what's at stake in the upcoming European Parliament elections is whether pro-Europe... 2019.05.21.
Socialists: Orbán Became a ‘Neo-Fascist Leader’, Risks EU Membership Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is "excluding himself from Europe" risking Hungary's EU membership in the process, Socialist (MSZP) MEP István... 2019.05.08.
Former Trump Advisor Bannon: “Salvini and Orbán Are the Most Important Politicians in Europe Today” Spanish daily El País has published an interview with Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon. The founder of the... 2019.03.26.
Hungary Summons Swedish Ambassador over Minister’s Critical Remarks Hungary's foreign ministry summoned the Swedish ambassador over critical remarks by a Swedish minister concerning the Hungarian government's recent family... 2019.02.18.
Foreign Minister Szijjártó Dismisses Swedish Minister’s Criticism "Hungary is spending its money on families rather than on migrants," Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday, in reaction... 2019.02.14.
