The current Hungarian political scene: Three polls full of question marks
It just happened that the three most important polling companies–Ipsos, Medián, and Tárki–released their findings on the popularity of the parties only a few hours from each other. Ipsos and Tárki are...
View ArticleA quick look at the results of the Hungarian election
The interest in the Hungarian election is incredibly high on Hungarian Spectrum. The number of visitors more than doubled today. I’m sure that some of them were disappointed to see no new post...
View ArticleThe Hungarian election: A day after
I’m in the middle of reading a slim volume by György Bolgár, the “Dear Mr. Bolgár” of the call-in program “Let’s Talk It Over” on Klubrádió. His latest book is Poligráf, a word that needs no...
View ArticleThe political bickering has begun
The disappointment among sympathizers of the democratic opposition forces is indescribable. But reasonable barometers of the mood in this circle are the call-in shows on Klubrádió and ATV, which by now...
View ArticleSerious questions about Fidesz’s election results
The first foreign media reactions to the results of the Hungarian election were anything but enthusiastic, but now that the dust has settled and there has been time to take a look at the figures, it is...
View ArticleViktor Orbán’s speech in parliament, May 10, 2014
Viktor Orbán had a very busy weekend. He was in Berlin on the 8th where he had a brief conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel and delivered a lecture at a conference on the future of the European...
View ArticleEuropean Parliamentary Election in Hungary: Final Results
Here are the official results: Fidesz: 51.9% (1,191,163) Jobbik: 14.68% (339,501) MSZP: 10.92% (252,494) Demokratikus Koalíció 9.76% (225,762) Együtt-PM 7.22% (167,012) LMP 5.01% (115,957) It seem...
View ArticleRegrouping on the left: MSZP on the brink
In the wake of the EU parliamentary election the non-Hungarian media will undoubtedly be preoccupied with the fact that the second largest party in Hungary is an extreme-right, racist, anti-Semitic...
View ArticleA possibly very strange end to Viktor Orbán’s political career
The following paragraph from an interview Ferenc Gyurcsány gave Somogyi Hírlap, a paper serving Kaposvár and the County of Somogy, has created quite a stir, mostly in the right-leaning media. Since...
View ArticleWhat’s the remedy? Boycott of parliament and/or elections?
Over the weekend Ferenc Gyurcsány called together the elected leaders of the Demokratikus Koalíció to discuss the party’s strategy in the wake of the political developments of the last week and a half....
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