Press Roundup: Left-wing Analyst Fears Post-election Violence An opposition-leaning legal and political analyst warns that next year’s election may be followed by political violence. A pro-government commentator... 2021.12.30.
Press Roundup: PM Orbán Nominates Katalin Novák as His Candidate for President Pundits across the political spectrum comment on Prime Minister Orbán’s decision to name State Secretary for Family and Youth Affairs... 2021.12.23.
Press Roundup: Government Makes 350 Billion Forint Budget Readjustment A left-wing columnist accuses the government of overspending ahead of the 2022 April election. A conservative economist, on the other... 2021.12.21.
Press Roundup: Evaluation of Macron’s Visit to Hungary Commentators on both sides of the political divide see both room for cooperation and opposition between the President of France... 2021.12.15.
Press Roundup: President Macron in Budapest Commentators seek strategic reasons behind the decision of the President of France to pay a visit to Hungary. Hungarian press... 2021.12.14.
Press Roundup: Opposing Takes on Parliamentary Speaker’s Speech to National Security Officials An opposition-leaning commentator believes the Speaker called on the security services to interfere with internal politics and therefore should immediately... 2021.11.30.
Press Roundup: Fears of Electoral Irregularities on Both Sides of the Political Spectrum A liberal commentator fears that the new permanent residence regulations open up the possibility of electoral fraud. A pro-government pundit,... 2021.11.30.
Press Roundup: V4 Summit in Budapest Prime Minister Orbán calls on the European Union to drop infringement procedures against Hungary and Poland, and help them protect... 2021.11.25.
Press Roundup: Calls for Vaccine Mandate A left-wing and a moderate commentator call on the government to introduce mandatory vaccination. Without explicitly endorsing vaccine mandates, a... 2021.11.24.
Press Roundup: Registration Rules Revised for Permanent Residence As Parliament approves the new permanent residence rules, a left-wing commentator accuses the government of trying to increase its base... 2021.11.23.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on Fidesz Congress A conservative commentator defends the governing party’s Christian character against left-wing critics, while another appreciates the personal qualities of Viktor... 2021.11.22.
Press Roundup: Orbán Re-Elected Chairman of Fidesz A left-wing pundit compares the weekend congress of the ruling party to Communist-era party congresses, while a pro-government columnist describes... 2021.11.16.
Press Roundup: Poland-Belarus Migration Crisis Escalates A pro-government commentator accuses Angela Merkel of complacency towards illegal migration. A liberal MEP lambasts the Polish authorities for not... 2021.11.15.
Press Roundup: Inflation Soars, Government Caps Fuel Prices A left-wing commentator accuses the government of trying to mitigate inflation caused, in part, by its own policies. His right-wing... 2021.11.13.
Press Roundup: Belarus/Polish Migrant Crisis A liberal and a conservative commentator accuse Belarus and Russia of using migration as a weapon to blackmail the European... 2021.11.12.
Press Roundup: Ruminations on Márki-Zay’s Political Vision An alt-left commentator sees Péter Márki-Zay as a pro-market neo-liberal politician. A pro-government commentator thinks that the opposition frontrunner wants... 2021.11.09.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Possible Outcome of Next Year’s Parliamentary Elections Weekly newspapers and magazines study the prospects of opposition parties in the Hungarian parliamentary elections due in just under six... 2021.11.08.
Press Roundup: Government Announces New Covid Restrictions A left-wing commentator criticizes the government for not making vaccination mandatory. Union leaders, on the other hand, fear for workers’... 2021.11.02.
Press Roundup: Prime Minister Orbán Meets Marine Le Pen A left-wing commentator remarks that Marine Le Pen has tried to repair her party’s hitherto poor image as an antidemocratic... 2021.10.28.
October 23 Press Roundup: 65 After 56 On the 65th anniversary of the 1956 revolution, a left-wing commentator and his right-wing counterpart draw diametrically opposing lessons for... 2021.10.23.
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.
