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Local Opinion: Populism Seen As A Potentially Positive Force In Hungary

Local Opinion: Populism Seen As A Potentially Positive Force In Hungary

A conservative pundit wonders if populist politics can go beyond mere demagogic ranting and design policies that help the masses grapple with economic and identity-related challenges.
Local Opinion: New Year’s Day Assessments

Local Opinion: New Year’s Day Assessments

A liberal commentator thinks that Prime Minister Orbán botched his chances in 2018 and predicts his fall within eight years, while a pro-government columnist argues that Mr Orbán’s political line is slowly becoming the European mainstream.
Local Opinion: End Of Year Report From The Culture War In Hungary

Local Opinion: End Of Year Report From The Culture War In Hungary

A pro-government commentator calls on the Right to use its political power to end what he calls ‘liberal dominance’ in culture. A liberal pundit mocks the government’s efforts to transform the cultural landscape.
Local Opinion: European Parliament Vote Opens A New Age

Local Opinion: European Parliament Vote Opens A New Age

Commentators are sharply divided in their assessments of the clash between Hungary’s Prime Minister and his critics in the European Parliament. They agree however that what happened has opened a new chapter in the relations between Hungary and the European Union.

"Europe’s Pariah": Opposition Blasts Orbán After Speech

Group leaders of Hungary’s opposition parties slammed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech opening the autumn session of parliament, accusing him of misrepresenting the Sargentini report approved in the European Parliament last week and of ignoring Hungary’s real problems.
Local Opinion: Stakes At 2019 EP Election

Local Opinion: Stakes At 2019 EP Election

A pro-government commentator and a left-wing analyst both think that the 2019 European Parliament election will determine the identity of Europe for a long time to come.
Local Opinion: PM Orbán Meets Matteo Salvini In Milan

Local Opinion: PM Orbán Meets Matteo Salvini In Milan

Commentators agree that the two leaders have challenged the European political élites on immigration, without however fully agreeing on how to tackle it.
LMP: Moral Obligation To Reveal Secret Agents Of Communist Era

LMP: Moral Obligation To Reveal Secret Agents Of Communist Era

The opposition LMP party has called it a “moral obligation” to confront the facts concerning Hungary’s communist-era state security apparatus. The party plans to publish a list of MPs who voted down a lustration bill that LMP is submitting to parliament for the 18th time.
BBC’s Correspondent In Budapest: Fidesz Has Opened Pandora’s Box

BBC’s Correspondent In Budapest: Fidesz Has Opened Pandora’s Box

In Hungary, it has always been difficult to stand in the centre. Now the ‘with or against us’ mentality is developing in the country again which was typical in the days of communist leader Mátyás Rákosi in the early 50s – said Nick Thorpe, BBC Central Europe Correspondent living in Budapest in his portrait interview to HVG.
Local Opinion: Populism Seen As A Potentially Positive Force In Hungary

Local Opinion: Populism Seen As A Potentially Positive Force In Hungary

A conservative pundit wonders if populist politics can go beyond mere demagogic ranting and design policies that help the masses grapple with economic and identity-related challenges.
Local Opinion: New Year’s Day Assessments

Local Opinion: New Year’s Day Assessments

A liberal commentator thinks that Prime Minister Orbán botched his chances in 2018 and predicts his fall within eight years, while a pro-government columnist argues that Mr Orbán’s political line is slowly becoming the European mainstream.
Local Opinion: End Of Year Report From The Culture War In Hungary

Local Opinion: End Of Year Report From The Culture War In Hungary

A pro-government commentator calls on the Right to use its political power to end what he calls ‘liberal dominance’ in culture. A liberal pundit mocks the government’s efforts to transform the cultural landscape.
Local Opinion: European Parliament Vote Opens A New Age

Local Opinion: European Parliament Vote Opens A New Age

Commentators are sharply divided in their assessments of the clash between Hungary’s Prime Minister and his critics in the European Parliament. They agree however that what happened has opened a new chapter in the relations between Hungary and the European Union.

"Europe’s Pariah": Opposition Blasts Orbán After Speech

Group leaders of Hungary’s opposition parties slammed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech opening the autumn session of parliament, accusing him of misrepresenting the Sargentini report approved in the European Parliament last week and of ignoring Hungary’s real problems.
Local Opinion: Stakes At 2019 EP Election

Local Opinion: Stakes At 2019 EP Election

A pro-government commentator and a left-wing analyst both think that the 2019 European Parliament election will determine the identity of Europe for a long time to come.
Local Opinion: PM Orbán Meets Matteo Salvini In Milan

Local Opinion: PM Orbán Meets Matteo Salvini In Milan

Commentators agree that the two leaders have challenged the European political élites on immigration, without however fully agreeing on how to tackle it.
LMP: Moral Obligation To Reveal Secret Agents Of Communist Era

LMP: Moral Obligation To Reveal Secret Agents Of Communist Era

The opposition LMP party has called it a “moral obligation” to confront the facts concerning Hungary’s communist-era state security apparatus. The party plans to publish a list of MPs who voted down a lustration bill that LMP is submitting to parliament for the 18th time.
BBC’s Correspondent In Budapest: Fidesz Has Opened Pandora’s Box

BBC’s Correspondent In Budapest: Fidesz Has Opened Pandora’s Box

In Hungary, it has always been difficult to stand in the centre. Now the ‘with or against us’ mentality is developing in the country again which was typical in the days of communist leader Mátyás Rákosi in the early 50s – said Nick Thorpe, BBC Central Europe Correspondent living in Budapest in his portrait interview to HVG.