Dissatisfaction with the Orbán regime is gaining momentum
Although pessimists were certain that enthusiasm for street demonstrations could not be maintained, although because of the holidays there was a hiatus of almost two weeks between demonstrations in the...
View ArticleA good possibility of a rearrangement of the opposition forces in the next...
I think it is almost inevitable that political configurations among the opposition will change considerably between now and 2022, when a new national election will be held. It will be a slow process,...
View ArticleIs Ferenc Gyurcsány jumping the gun by talking about the 2022 national election?
Ferenc Gyurcsány didn’t waste any time. On January 2 he reminded his approximately 250,000 Facebook readers and fellow politicians that it is time to think about the 2022 national election. It is in...
View ArticleMessage for Hungary on World Press Freedom Day: No help is coming from the EU
The Hungarian independent media is up in arms. Věra Jourová, deputy president of the European Commission in charge of transparency and values, after years of postponement, admitted to Euronews today,...
View ArticleFidesz likely to lose the entire city of Budapest in 2022
A few days ago, HVG published a detailed list of the opposition candidates, broken down by supporting parties, in all 106 electoral districts. A link attached to the article takes us to an impressive...
View ArticleNew hope for the opposition, and a potential spoiler
The civic organizers who were the foremost promoters of holding primaries expressed their strong belief, from the very start, in the beneficent nature of the enterprise. They hoped, as it turned out...
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