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Xpat Opinion: Hungay's Post-Election Analyses From Two Different Worlds
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Sometimes, it’s like two different worlds. Hungarian voters re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 6th, and over the last several days we’ve been treated to many vivid, post-game analyses.
Xpat Opinion: More Fuzzy Math Re Elections In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
She’s doing it again. Using that fuzzy math again. Over the weekend, Paul Krugman’s blog on the New York Times, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” ran the latest dispatch from Kim Lane Scheppele. The subject? The elections in Hungary were “not fair”.
Princeton Prof Knocks Hungary’s Fidesz 2/3 Vote
- 15 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian election process raises serious doubts regarding the validity of the election result, Princeton University professor Kim Lane Scheppele, one of the best known authorities on constitutional developments in Hungary, said Monday.
Fidesz’s 2/3 Majority Officially Affirmed In Hungary
- 14 Apr 2014 9:10 AM
- current affairs
The National Election Office announced early Sunday morning that with 99.99% of the April 6th parliamentary election vote counted, Fi-desz has indeed retained its two-thirds major-ity. This official preliminary result was arrived at after votes were processed on Saturday.
Hungary’s Ruling Party Receives Clear Mandate To Carry On
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Having won two-thirds of the seats in the new parliament, the governing parties have received a clear mandate from voters to continue the work started, Fidesz communications officer Máté Kocsis said. Commenting on the election result, Kocsis said after the tight governance of the past years involving many difficult decisions, the government still enjoyed the confidence of the people.
Hungary’s Socialists Examine Reasons For Election Failure
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A lack of presence in small localities, a programme which was too pragmatic and lacked adequate emotional content and a failure to clearly understand social dynamics were behind the left’s poor election results, Party leader Attila Mesterházy told a press conference held after a meeting of the Socialist Party’s steering committee.
Analysts See Possible Annihilation Of Hungary’s Left
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s left could suffer the “Polish example” of annihilation, opening the way to two right-wing parties, political analysts said at a conference organised by the Republikon Institute on Thursday.
A Turn To The Right In Hungary - An Analysis Of The 2010-2014 Period
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conflicts with Brussels, utility cost cuts, symbolic debates. Just about every conflict of the past four years Viktor Orbán's administration went into was because of sovereignty and the shaping of a new framework for its interpretation. When did the cabinet have to retreat and when did the EU acknowledge that the rebellious Hungarian government was right?
Xpat Opinion: The One Thing That All Electoral Systems Have In Common
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
ven before preliminary election results came out, critics were casting doubt: Is this significant majority a genuine reflection of voter will? How can the governing parties be able to seat a two-thirds majority after winning less than 50 percent of the vote? Readers of my blog know that it’s not rocket science. That happens in a number of other democratic systems. But don’t take my word for it. ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungay's Post-Election Analyses From Two Different Worlds
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Sometimes, it’s like two different worlds. Hungarian voters re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 6th, and over the last several days we’ve been treated to many vivid, post-game analyses.
Xpat Opinion: More Fuzzy Math Re Elections In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
She’s doing it again. Using that fuzzy math again. Over the weekend, Paul Krugman’s blog on the New York Times, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” ran the latest dispatch from Kim Lane Scheppele. The subject? The elections in Hungary were “not fair”.
Princeton Prof Knocks Hungary’s Fidesz 2/3 Vote
- 15 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian election process raises serious doubts regarding the validity of the election result, Princeton University professor Kim Lane Scheppele, one of the best known authorities on constitutional developments in Hungary, said Monday.
Fidesz’s 2/3 Majority Officially Affirmed In Hungary
- 14 Apr 2014 9:10 AM
- current affairs
The National Election Office announced early Sunday morning that with 99.99% of the April 6th parliamentary election vote counted, Fi-desz has indeed retained its two-thirds major-ity. This official preliminary result was arrived at after votes were processed on Saturday.
Hungary’s Ruling Party Receives Clear Mandate To Carry On
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Having won two-thirds of the seats in the new parliament, the governing parties have received a clear mandate from voters to continue the work started, Fidesz communications officer Máté Kocsis said. Commenting on the election result, Kocsis said after the tight governance of the past years involving many difficult decisions, the government still enjoyed the confidence of the people.
Hungary’s Socialists Examine Reasons For Election Failure
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A lack of presence in small localities, a programme which was too pragmatic and lacked adequate emotional content and a failure to clearly understand social dynamics were behind the left’s poor election results, Party leader Attila Mesterházy told a press conference held after a meeting of the Socialist Party’s steering committee.
Analysts See Possible Annihilation Of Hungary’s Left
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s left could suffer the “Polish example” of annihilation, opening the way to two right-wing parties, political analysts said at a conference organised by the Republikon Institute on Thursday.
A Turn To The Right In Hungary - An Analysis Of The 2010-2014 Period
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conflicts with Brussels, utility cost cuts, symbolic debates. Just about every conflict of the past four years Viktor Orbán's administration went into was because of sovereignty and the shaping of a new framework for its interpretation. When did the cabinet have to retreat and when did the EU acknowledge that the rebellious Hungarian government was right?
Xpat Opinion: The One Thing That All Electoral Systems Have In Common
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
ven before preliminary election results came out, critics were casting doubt: Is this significant majority a genuine reflection of voter will? How can the governing parties be able to seat a two-thirds majority after winning less than 50 percent of the vote? Readers of my blog know that it’s not rocket science. That happens in a number of other democratic systems. But don’t take my word for it. ...