189 result(s) for ballot
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán’s Gamble Failed: The Referendum Is Invalid
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The insidious hate campaign leading up to today’s referendum on compulsory refugee quotas has failed, badly. First of all, only 43.8% of the electorate went to the polls, far below the necessary 50% plus 1. Even more telling is that only 39.93% of the electorate cast a valid vote; 60.07% either spoiled their ballots or didn’t bother to vote. The Two-Tail Dog Party’s campaign to invalidate ballots ...
Xpat Opinion: Last Arguments Before The Referendum
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On the eve of the referendum on compulsory European migrant quotas, columnists made a last effort to convince the public about the best course to follow.
Hungary’s Political Opposition Is In Ruins, Says Political Capital Election Expert Róbert László
- 2 Oct 2016 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Political Capital election expert Róbert László expects over 95 percent of voters participating in Sunday’s referendum will say “No” to the question of whether the EU should mandate the settlement of migrants in Hungary without the consent of parliament. He says the big question is whether enough valid votes will be cast for the referendum to be valid, but thinks that so long as 3 million “No” ...
Lack Of Opposition Delegates Increases Risk Of Fraud In October 2nd Referendum
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Low numbers of opposition delegates at polling stations on October 2nd significantly increases the risk of fraud in the migrant quota referendum, warns Political Capital election expert Robert László.
DK: Orbán Could Use Referendum To Call Early Elections
- 19 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister could use a valid quota referendum to call early elections early next year, and ensure a prolonged two-thirds majority for his Fidesz party, Ferenc Gyurcsány, head of the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK), told a Budapest forum on Friday.
Hungarian NGOs Launch Joint Anti-Referendum Campaign
- 15 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Twenty-two Hungarian NGOs have launched a joint campaign to persuade Hungarians to either boycott the October 2 referendum or cast an invalid ballot, reports daily online Index.hu.
Xpat Opinion: The Political Stakes Of Quota Referendum
- 12 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts across the political spectrum ponder the potential implications of the 2 October migrant quota referendum for Hungarian domestic politics and the European Union.
Socialists: Fidesz Has Deceived People, Orbán Regime Must Go
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist party leader Gyula Molnár said Fidesz and the “Orbán regime” must fall in 2018 because they have deceived people by claiming that they can govern in their interest whereas they are only acting “in the interest of their own cronies”. Speaking at the season- and campaign-opening meeting of his party’s board in Budapest on Saturday, Molnár said “Fidesz’s country is a country of pretences”, ...
Németh: EU To Put Forward Plan With Hungary’s European Army Proposal Included By Year-End
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EU could put forward by the end of the year a defence and security strategy draft which incorporates Hungary’s proposal on setting up a European army, the head of a Hungarian parliamentary committee said on Sunday, after foreign policy talks in Bratislava.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán’s Gamble Failed: The Referendum Is Invalid
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The insidious hate campaign leading up to today’s referendum on compulsory refugee quotas has failed, badly. First of all, only 43.8% of the electorate went to the polls, far below the necessary 50% plus 1. Even more telling is that only 39.93% of the electorate cast a valid vote; 60.07% either spoiled their ballots or didn’t bother to vote. The Two-Tail Dog Party’s campaign to invalidate ballots ...
Xpat Opinion: Last Arguments Before The Referendum
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On the eve of the referendum on compulsory European migrant quotas, columnists made a last effort to convince the public about the best course to follow.
Hungary’s Political Opposition Is In Ruins, Says Political Capital Election Expert Róbert László
- 2 Oct 2016 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Political Capital election expert Róbert László expects over 95 percent of voters participating in Sunday’s referendum will say “No” to the question of whether the EU should mandate the settlement of migrants in Hungary without the consent of parliament. He says the big question is whether enough valid votes will be cast for the referendum to be valid, but thinks that so long as 3 million “No” ...
Lack Of Opposition Delegates Increases Risk Of Fraud In October 2nd Referendum
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Low numbers of opposition delegates at polling stations on October 2nd significantly increases the risk of fraud in the migrant quota referendum, warns Political Capital election expert Robert László.
DK: Orbán Could Use Referendum To Call Early Elections
- 19 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister could use a valid quota referendum to call early elections early next year, and ensure a prolonged two-thirds majority for his Fidesz party, Ferenc Gyurcsány, head of the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK), told a Budapest forum on Friday.
Hungarian NGOs Launch Joint Anti-Referendum Campaign
- 15 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Twenty-two Hungarian NGOs have launched a joint campaign to persuade Hungarians to either boycott the October 2 referendum or cast an invalid ballot, reports daily online Index.hu.
Xpat Opinion: The Political Stakes Of Quota Referendum
- 12 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts across the political spectrum ponder the potential implications of the 2 October migrant quota referendum for Hungarian domestic politics and the European Union.
Socialists: Fidesz Has Deceived People, Orbán Regime Must Go
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist party leader Gyula Molnár said Fidesz and the “Orbán regime” must fall in 2018 because they have deceived people by claiming that they can govern in their interest whereas they are only acting “in the interest of their own cronies”. Speaking at the season- and campaign-opening meeting of his party’s board in Budapest on Saturday, Molnár said “Fidesz’s country is a country of pretences”, ...
Németh: EU To Put Forward Plan With Hungary’s European Army Proposal Included By Year-End
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EU could put forward by the end of the year a defence and security strategy draft which incorporates Hungary’s proposal on setting up a European army, the head of a Hungarian parliamentary committee said on Sunday, after foreign policy talks in Bratislava.