Pro-government reaction to Dobrev’s nomination
A right-wing commentator predicts that the Left will lead an unscrupulous campaign to win the elections next year and urges the government side to respond in kind. In Magyar Nemzet, György Berszán...
View ArticleThe pandemic – a campaign theme for 2022
A liberal commentator holds the government responsible for the deaths of thousands of Covid victims, while a pro-government columnist accuses the opposition of weaponizing death in their campaign for...
View ArticleLionel Messi and the Olympics as campaign themes in Hungary
Events which appear to have no connection whatsoever to Hungary, or on which a national consensus seems to exist, are used by politically committed commentators to discredit their opponents. In...
View ArticleLeftist icon cautions against hatred in electoral campaign
An iconic leftist philosopher warns opposition politicians that hateful campaign messages do not make those who use them any better than their opponents – and only produce havoc and injustice. In...
View ArticleWeeklies on the possible outcome of next year’s parliamentary elections
Weekly newspapers and magazines study the prospects of opposition parties in the Hungarian parliamentary elections due in just under six months’ time. Voices close to the opposition are optimistic,...
View ArticleWeeklies weigh up Márki-Zay
Pro-government pundits claim the opposition candidate for Prime Minister is absolutely unfit for the job. Left-wing commentators also remark on his clumsiness, but disagree whether this is a weakness...
View ArticleOpposition ‘should prove it can govern’
An independent but opposition-leaning pundit lambasts the leaders of the opposition for still not coming forward with a consistent government program. On Index, Róbert Puzsér finds it discouraging that...
View ArticleLeft accused of teaming up with Nazis
The leading pro-government daily devotes two comments in as many issues to accuse the left of condoning pro-Nazi behaviour in its bid for power two weeks before the general election. In Magyar Nemzet,...
View ArticleWeeklies’ battlefield reports on the final stretch of the electoral campaign
With just one week to go until the parliamentary elections, left-wing analysts are less confident in their electoral expectations than their pro-government counterparts. In Jelen, sociologist Imre...
View ArticleAn insider on the secret of Fidesz’s success
A pro-government pundit reveals the main points of his freshly published booklet in which he describes the political skills that have made the ruling party dominant and left it without real rivals in...
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