2,166 result(s) for opposition party
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Left-Wing Followers
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A young conservative blogger has noticed that left-wing leaders in neighbouring countries tend to emulate PM Viktor Orbán’s “unorthodox” economic policies.
Xpat Opionion: ’Hunger Marchers’ Reach Budapest
- 13 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An influential right wing pundit claims the demonstration is a joint MSZP-Jobbik attack on the government, while independent bloggers accuse the official parliamentary guard of complicity in setting up a counter-demonstration banner in front of Parliament. A libertarian commentator finds it rather sad that marching people still expect the government to provide them with “work and bread”, instead ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Former PM Bajnai Opens His Campaign To Mixed Reviews
- 12 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing and a centrist pundit say Bajnai has finally put an end to the speculation and acknowledged his intention to lead his new party in the next elections. But they find his messages confused and off-putting for potential voters.
Ex-LMP Group Will Form New Party In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The group of defectors from LMP will soon become a party and change their name to Dialogue for Hungary Party, Benedek Jávor, one of the faction’s leaders, told reporters at a Budapest café on Sunday.
Xpat Opinion: Fidesz Still Ahead As Campaign Starts One Year Early In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the next election is scheduled for the spring of 2014, most observers believe the campaign is already underway. PM Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP alliance leads the polls, but analysts do not rule out an opposition victory.Analysing the latest opinion poll statistics in his blog, political scientist Gábor Török argues that Fidesz has managed to halt the sliding trend of the past two years. By ...
World Trembles As Hungary's Socialist President Promises Coalition Against Orban In Wall Street Journal Interview
- 31 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
What’s going on, you might ask. Well, we’ll never really know as WSJ has become a subscription based “paper,” but based on Hungarian media renditions of the interview it seems MSzP President Attila Mesethazy intends to become Attila the Hun in an effort to unite Hungary’s opposition parties for the 2014 elections.
Xpat Opinion: LMP Splits Over Co-operation With Bajnai & Co. In Hungary
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading LMP member suggests in a right wing paper that other political forces are at work behind the internal tensions in his party, while a centre-left commentator writes that the LMP’s plans to steer towards the political centre are understandable but unrealistic.
LMP On The Brink Of Schism In Hungary
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tension and personal conflicts within LMP have reached such levels that a peaceful resolution of differences at the party congress this weekend is hard to imagine, Népszabadság writes today.
Xpat Opinion: Bajnai Already Beaten By Mesterházy?
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centre-right commentator says the Socialist Party leader has already won the race for the leadership of a united opposition. A left-wing analyst claims that opposition parties and Together-2014 are running out of time while they try to maximize their individual political gains.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Left-Wing Followers
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A young conservative blogger has noticed that left-wing leaders in neighbouring countries tend to emulate PM Viktor Orbán’s “unorthodox” economic policies.
Xpat Opionion: ’Hunger Marchers’ Reach Budapest
- 13 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An influential right wing pundit claims the demonstration is a joint MSZP-Jobbik attack on the government, while independent bloggers accuse the official parliamentary guard of complicity in setting up a counter-demonstration banner in front of Parliament. A libertarian commentator finds it rather sad that marching people still expect the government to provide them with “work and bread”, instead ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Former PM Bajnai Opens His Campaign To Mixed Reviews
- 12 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing and a centrist pundit say Bajnai has finally put an end to the speculation and acknowledged his intention to lead his new party in the next elections. But they find his messages confused and off-putting for potential voters.
Ex-LMP Group Will Form New Party In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The group of defectors from LMP will soon become a party and change their name to Dialogue for Hungary Party, Benedek Jávor, one of the faction’s leaders, told reporters at a Budapest café on Sunday.
Xpat Opinion: Fidesz Still Ahead As Campaign Starts One Year Early In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the next election is scheduled for the spring of 2014, most observers believe the campaign is already underway. PM Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP alliance leads the polls, but analysts do not rule out an opposition victory.Analysing the latest opinion poll statistics in his blog, political scientist Gábor Török argues that Fidesz has managed to halt the sliding trend of the past two years. By ...
World Trembles As Hungary's Socialist President Promises Coalition Against Orban In Wall Street Journal Interview
- 31 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
What’s going on, you might ask. Well, we’ll never really know as WSJ has become a subscription based “paper,” but based on Hungarian media renditions of the interview it seems MSzP President Attila Mesethazy intends to become Attila the Hun in an effort to unite Hungary’s opposition parties for the 2014 elections.
Xpat Opinion: LMP Splits Over Co-operation With Bajnai & Co. In Hungary
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading LMP member suggests in a right wing paper that other political forces are at work behind the internal tensions in his party, while a centre-left commentator writes that the LMP’s plans to steer towards the political centre are understandable but unrealistic.
LMP On The Brink Of Schism In Hungary
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tension and personal conflicts within LMP have reached such levels that a peaceful resolution of differences at the party congress this weekend is hard to imagine, Népszabadság writes today.
Xpat Opinion: Bajnai Already Beaten By Mesterházy?
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centre-right commentator says the Socialist Party leader has already won the race for the leadership of a united opposition. A left-wing analyst claims that opposition parties and Together-2014 are running out of time while they try to maximize their individual political gains.