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Gergely Karácsony’s success and the collapse of MSZP
I think it is time to summarize the two or three serious reflections on the primary election to choose the candidate to run against the incumbent mayor of Budapest, István Tarlós. I stress the...
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Outrages of the day: Institute of Oncology, József Tóbiás, and Zsolt Semjén
Today could be designated a day of outrage for at least three reasons. First is the solution the National Institute of Oncology came up with for the problem of too few doctors and healthcare providers...
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A 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,...
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MSZP in turmoil: Two district mayors have deserted the party
On Thursday afternoon, Index reported that two newly elected MSZP mayors, Sándor Szaniszló (Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre/District XVIII) and László Kiss (Óbuda-Békásmegyer/District III), had announced...
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MSZP is pursuing the Mátra Power Plant corruption case
As background for today’s post, I suggest taking a look at my earlier article on the Mátra Power Plant (MPP), titled “Orbán is buying a white elephant from his stróman Mészáros.” In it, I summarized...
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Is MSZP waging its last internecine war?
It’s time to take a quick look at internal political developments, specifically party politics on the anti-government side. This is especially justified in the present circumstances, when there are...
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An adequate minimum wage directive is on the table in Brussels
On September 20, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her first State of the European Union speech in which she declared that the wages of too many people are not adequate to...
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Choosing opposition candidates for the primaries in Hungary
It is difficult to follow the protracted deal-making that is going on among the opposition parties as a prelude to the primaries. Several commentators with a large dose of antagonism toward parties as...
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Fidesz 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...
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A postmortem of Gergely Karácsony’s campaign
Now that Gergely Karácsony, as a result of his extraordinarily inept handling of his own campaign, is no longer in the running, opposition voters will have a clear choice in the second round of the...
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