Hungary, land of promises
Hungary has grown accustomed to overspending and over-borrowing, and its political parties have fed the population a diet of unrealistic welfare promises. But the leading conservative commentator...
View ArticleFormer PM Horn dies at 81
Commentators remember the former Prime Minister, and agree that Gyula Horn could become a key figure of the transition because he remained a committed Socialist. “With his death, we have lost an...
View ArticleWhy the Right is successful
A liberal analyst thinks the Left has not found a language that could make its messages convincing, while the govenring conservatives are keen on reacting to people’s everyday concerns. In Magyar...
View ArticleTributes to Magda Kósa Kovács
Commentators praise the defunct Socialist politician for her honesty. Commentators praise the former Socialist politician, who has died at the age of 79, for her honesty. Magda Kósa Kovács, a frontline...
View ArticleFormer Vice Chairman says the MSZP is doomed
A former leading Socialist politician explains to a pro-government journalist why he left his party and founded a new one which, he hopes, will soon overtake the MSZP in terms of popularity. Magyar...
View ArticleBudapest names street after Gyula Horn
Right-wing and liberal commentators are equally critical of the decision by the Budapest Municipal Council to name a street after former Socialist Prime Minister Gyula Horn. They oppose the decision on...
View ArticleGyula Horn Street to be renamed
A pro-government pundit welcomes the decision of the Budapest Government Commissioner to have the Gyula Horn Promenade renamed. A short side street in the Socialist-led 13th district of Budapest was...
View ArticleHorn Street controversy goes to court
Although Budapest City Hall has refused to rename Gyula Horn Promenade, a pro-government commentator vows that no streets or public squares will be named after the erstwhile Socialist Prime Minister in...
View ArticleLeft and right still divided on the 2006 riots
Responding to a proposal to erect a statue to the victims of police brutality in 2006, a leftwing journalist suggests that police officers wounded by rioters would also deserve a statue in Budapest. In...
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