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Is the Demokratikus Koalíció a liberal party?
A few days ago Gábor Fodor announced that he will establish a new party called Magyar Liberális Párt. SZDSZ is no more, he declared, and it mustn’t happen that Hungary has no liberal party. I’m not...
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Metamorphosis of Viktor Orbán?
A few months ago I had a debate about Viktor Orbán’s metamorphosis from liberal to right-wing populist with someone who has known Viktor Orbán ever since the beginning of the democratic opposition’s...
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On September 3, I wrote about an opinion piece by Tamás Bauer, vice-chairman of the Demokratikus Koalíció. Its title was “Electoral mathematics: The Demokratikus Koalíció’s position.” Bauer argued for...
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Tamás Bauer on the task of the Hungarian opposition
I think I already mentioned a series of interviews that György Bolgár of Klubrádió initiated about a month ago. Four times a week he asks public figures critical of the present regime what advice they...
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Hungary’s sudden interest in the eurozone
Mihály Varga, minister of economics, just dropped a surprise package. In a lengthy interview, he talked about Hungary’s plans to join the Eurozone by the end of the decade. It’s difficult to reconcile...
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László Botka is MSZP’s candidate to face Viktor Orbán in 2018
On May 27 the Magyar Szocialista Párt (MSZP) held its congress, at which an overwhelming majority of the usually fractious delegates stood by László Botka, mayor of Szeged, who about six months ago...
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LMP’s moral superiority crumbles in front of our eyes
At the end of May I wrote an article about the sorry state of LMP which, after the election, was showing signs of disintegration. In that post I briefly summarized LMP’s history between 2009 and 2018,...
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Irredentist Trianon monument and religious trappings of August 20
We have known for some time that the Orbán regime is planning to remove the statue of the martyred prime minister Imre Nagy from a small square adjacent to Kossuth tér, the vast square in front of the...
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The Trianon Memorial: a monument to Hungarian revisionism
A few days ago it was officially announced that the government is embarking on a five billion forint project, the creation of a Trianon Memorial. It will be constructed at the end of Alkotmány utca,...
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Momentum takes a courageous step by working with other liberal parties across...
The young politicians of Momentum have guts. They waded into waters no other opposition party ever dared to, supporting their ideological counterparts and actively campaigning on their behalf in...
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Does Viktor Orbán really believe what he is saying?
Today I am returning to the speech that Viktor Orbán delivered in Timişoara on December 14 because, in my post on his performance there, I focused primarily on his invitation to Romania to join the...
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Two takes on Viktor Orbán’s speech
This afternoon, Index reported that the state television had repeated Viktor Orbán’s speech six times within 24 hours. Meanwhile, the original Hungarian text appeared on Viktor Orbán’s official...
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The Orbán regime had enough of the government-critical Klubrádió
In March 2013, after three years of constant fear of shuttering, Klubrádió, Hungary’s only independent radio station, was saved thanks to international pressure. At that time, the station’s management...
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