393 result(s) for voting
Xpat Opinion: Ineptitude Of Hungarian Left-Of-Center Opposition
- 26 Mar 2018 5:34 PM
- current affairs
I’m afraid that, despite the many signs of renewed interest in the election and a widely perceptible desire to remove Viktor Orbán from power, the members of the opposition are not helping the electorate make a clear and easy choice.
Fidesz Support Decreases, But Lead Still Significant
- 22 Mar 2018 7:53 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- current affairs
Three weeks before the parliamentary elections on April 8, undecided voters seem more ready to make their choices, as their percentage among all voters has shrunk by 4 percentage points in the latest poll by Závecz Research. Meanwhile, governing Fidesz has lost some support, but is still overwhelming compared to other parties.
Local Opinion: Government May Scale Back Its Anti-Soros Campaign
- 1 Mar 2018 1:42 PM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
As government spin doctors are reported to be weighing a new communications strategy in the wake of their candidate’s defeat in the Hódmezővásárhely mayoral election, a liberal columnist predicts that they will target the disparate nature of the opposition – and they will be right.
Local Opinion: The MSZP On The Brink Of Disaster
- 14 Feb 2018 6:42 AM
- current affairs
As the Socialist Party is measured at barely over the parliamentary threshold for two party alliances, a pro-government analyst does not exclude the possibility that the MSZP will disappear from the political stage after the elections.
Almost Half Of Central Europeans Dissatisfied With EU Leadership
- 15 Jan 2018 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Forty-nine percent of people in central Europe are dissatisfied with EU leaders whereas a majority, 73%, want their country to remain member of the community, a representative survey released by the Nézőpont research institute shows.
Breaking: 8 April Set As Date Of Hungarian General Election
- 11 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has set April 8 as the date of Hungary’s general election, the earliest possible Sunday that the ballot can be held under the law. The election campaign officially starts 50 days before the date of the ballot — on Feb. 17 this time round. Hungary’s 7.9 million voters will have the opportunity to cast two ballots in the single-round election deciding 199 seats.
Democratic Coalition: Fidesz ‘Buying’ Ethnic Hungarian Vote
- 11 Jan 2018 7:56 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz is spending 30 billion forints (EUR 97m) of taxpayer money to buy the votes of ethnic Hungarian citizens ahead of the general election this spring, an opposition official has said. The ruling party has doled out this money to organisations beyond the border to draw ethnic Hungarian political parties into its circle of interests, Attila Ara-Kovács, the leftist Democratic Coalition’s (DK) ...
Opinion: The European Parliament Rapporteur On Hungary Pays A Visit To Budapest
- 11 Jan 2018 7:56 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian right-wing press is buzzing with indignation. Judith Sargentini, a Greens/EFA member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands, arrived in Hungary yesterday as part of her work as rapporteur for the parliament’s investigation into whether Hungary is in breach of the values of the European Union.
Govt Officials Hold Talks With Author Of Libe Report On Hungary Rule Of Law
- 10 Jan 2018 7:57 AM
- current affairs
Government officials on Tuesday held talks with Green MEP Judith Sargentini, the author of the report being prepared by the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee on the state of the rule of law in Hungary, a foreign ministry official said.
Xpat Opinion: Ineptitude Of Hungarian Left-Of-Center Opposition
- 26 Mar 2018 5:34 PM
- current affairs
I’m afraid that, despite the many signs of renewed interest in the election and a widely perceptible desire to remove Viktor Orbán from power, the members of the opposition are not helping the electorate make a clear and easy choice.
Fidesz Support Decreases, But Lead Still Significant
- 22 Mar 2018 7:53 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- current affairs
Three weeks before the parliamentary elections on April 8, undecided voters seem more ready to make their choices, as their percentage among all voters has shrunk by 4 percentage points in the latest poll by Závecz Research. Meanwhile, governing Fidesz has lost some support, but is still overwhelming compared to other parties.
Local Opinion: Government May Scale Back Its Anti-Soros Campaign
- 1 Mar 2018 1:42 PM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
As government spin doctors are reported to be weighing a new communications strategy in the wake of their candidate’s defeat in the Hódmezővásárhely mayoral election, a liberal columnist predicts that they will target the disparate nature of the opposition – and they will be right.
Local Opinion: The MSZP On The Brink Of Disaster
- 14 Feb 2018 6:42 AM
- current affairs
As the Socialist Party is measured at barely over the parliamentary threshold for two party alliances, a pro-government analyst does not exclude the possibility that the MSZP will disappear from the political stage after the elections.
Almost Half Of Central Europeans Dissatisfied With EU Leadership
- 15 Jan 2018 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Forty-nine percent of people in central Europe are dissatisfied with EU leaders whereas a majority, 73%, want their country to remain member of the community, a representative survey released by the Nézőpont research institute shows.
Breaking: 8 April Set As Date Of Hungarian General Election
- 11 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has set April 8 as the date of Hungary’s general election, the earliest possible Sunday that the ballot can be held under the law. The election campaign officially starts 50 days before the date of the ballot — on Feb. 17 this time round. Hungary’s 7.9 million voters will have the opportunity to cast two ballots in the single-round election deciding 199 seats.
Democratic Coalition: Fidesz ‘Buying’ Ethnic Hungarian Vote
- 11 Jan 2018 7:56 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz is spending 30 billion forints (EUR 97m) of taxpayer money to buy the votes of ethnic Hungarian citizens ahead of the general election this spring, an opposition official has said. The ruling party has doled out this money to organisations beyond the border to draw ethnic Hungarian political parties into its circle of interests, Attila Ara-Kovács, the leftist Democratic Coalition’s (DK) ...
Opinion: The European Parliament Rapporteur On Hungary Pays A Visit To Budapest
- 11 Jan 2018 7:56 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian right-wing press is buzzing with indignation. Judith Sargentini, a Greens/EFA member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands, arrived in Hungary yesterday as part of her work as rapporteur for the parliament’s investigation into whether Hungary is in breach of the values of the European Union.
Govt Officials Hold Talks With Author Of Libe Report On Hungary Rule Of Law
- 10 Jan 2018 7:57 AM
- current affairs
Government officials on Tuesday held talks with Green MEP Judith Sargentini, the author of the report being prepared by the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee on the state of the rule of law in Hungary, a foreign ministry official said.