The new Basic Law enacted by the Fidesz government restored the heritage of St. Stephen, writes Attila Kristóf in Magyar Nemzet. The pro-government columnist stresses that King Stephen, the founder of the Hungarian state, realized that his country should be part of Christian Europe, and with the help of the Western churches, “Hungary has become part of the Jewish-Christian ethical world”. In an aside, Kristóf asserts that since its foundation 75 years ago, Magyar Nemzet has tried to live up to the intellectual heritage of St. Stephen, by preserving the traditions and independence of Hungary – values which are fundamentally linked to the heritage of both Europe and Christianity.

In contrast to their Russian, Polish, Czech and Cuban comrades, the Hungarian left, including pre-1990 Communists, current Socialists and Liberals have been “rootless cosmopolitans and internationalists” rather than patriots, editor-in-chief István Stefka contends in Magyar Hírlap. In order to overcome the current difficulties, the country needs to continue the government’s efforts to strengthen national pride and thus help the country get out of the current economic and moral abyss.

In Népszava, editor-in-chief Péter Németh suggests that the government ignores or even excludes those who do not agree with its politics. Németh remarks that the Orbán government has not bothered to place a single advertisement on the St. Stephen Day official commemorations in Népszava. This, Németh speculates, shows that the current government which claims to strengthen unity wants to punish dissenters and does not even bother to address left-leaning Hungarians.

Source: BudaPost

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