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Strange stories emerge during a strange election campaign
I don’t even know where to start. Not only are we in the middle of an election campaign, but we are also being bombarded with one scandalous revelation after the other linked to the upper echelon of...
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Three faces of the Hungarian democratic opposition
The closer we get to the Hungarian election, the more eager politicians have been to give interviews. In the last two days we heard from the leaders of the three major left-of-center parties: Gergely...
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A circus act that is not very funny
At the moment the situation in the opposition forces is so fluid that I am hesitant to write anything definitive about the state of affairs. Just to illustrate the point, at 2:30 p.m. 444 reported that...
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Post-election, LMP in turmoil
A devastating defeat of the sort the Hungarian opposition parties suffered on Sunday usually shakes the very foundations of the parties that must face the consequences of their policies and actions....
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“We are the majority”: A euphoric demonstration of unity
I must admit that I was somewhat skeptical about predictions concerning the size of the demonstration planned for yesterday. In the past, there were so many calls for demonstrations that turned out to...
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Politics cannot be different: András Schiffer’s LMP
None of the opposition parties weathered the election debacle well, but LMP’s affairs are in total disarray. By now, several members of the board have resigned, including co-chairman Ákos Hadházy,...
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A look behind the election results
Former German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, who currently holds the position of president of the Bundestag, according to MTI expressed his belief that because Viktor Orbán received “very...
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Whither LMP? The prospects are anything but bright
The reputations of all opposition parties suffered as a result of their unexpectedly poor election performance. Although these smaller parties could never have withstood the propaganda machine of the...
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Does László Toroczkai’s departure open new avenues for Jobbik?
With the expulsion of László Toroczkai, the nominal head of Jobbik’s radical wing, a new chapter began in the history of the party. It is too early to predict the final outcome of what is an open...
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András Schiffer on politics
Today I looked at five recent interviews with András Schiffer, founder of LMP, who retired from active politics in the summer of 2016 and about a month ago left the party altogether, claiming that he...
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Fidesz and Jobbik pass “Stop Soros” bill on World Refugee Day
Here are the bare facts about the passage of the “Stop Soros” legislative package and the 7th amendment to the Hungarian constitution. There was never any doubt that whatever the government decided to...
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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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LMP’s sharp shift to the right
I would really like to forget about LMP, but its politicians won’t let me. Two weeks ago I wrote a post titled “LMP’s moral superiority crumbles in front of our eyes,” when I felt that LMP couldn’t...
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Another day at Tusványos with the assistance of the so-called opposition
Today I am returning to the annual Fidesz extravagance in Băile Bálványos/Bálványosfűrdő because this time there is plenty to report, due largely to the willingness of three opposition parties to...
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Where will it end? Bernadett Szél resigns her posts
With recent opinion polls showing overwhelming support for the government party, we are apt to forget that a slight majority of the electorate voted for the opposition parties on April 8, 2018. A good...
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The brilliant strategy of LMP’s Péter Ungár: defeat Viktor Orbán by agreeing...
One of the first Hungarian-language articles I read this morning was from the notorious government-financed Origo. The quality of journalism exhibited in that piece was among the worst I have ever...
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Bernadett Szél at a crossroads
Let me start with the latest news, fresh out of Brussels. Katalin Halmai, Népszava’s correspondent in the Belgian capital, reported last night that LMP’s membership in the European Green Party might be...
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News of the day: Szél leaves LMP and Orbán confirms years of corruption
The imminent demise of LMP Bernadett Szél has finally left LMP. It is not an everyday occurrence that both of a political party’s co-chairs resign in the course of three months. Ákos Hadházy threw in...
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After LMP’s implosion, it’s now Jobbik’s turn to self-destruct
At least two opposition parties, LMP and Jobbik, are in the process of self-annihilation. I spent a great deal of time on the events that led to LMP’s fracture because when two leading personalities...
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Fidesz’s latest victim: Márta Demeter of LMP
Fidesz has been known for its doggedness when it comes to keeping alive a subject the party deems important. It matters not how petty and immaterial the issue looks to us, those who got the job of...
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