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The Rome Declaration: “A Ray of Hope” according to Magyar Idők
On March 3 the prime ministers of the four Visegrád countries–the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia–held a summit in Warsaw. There they agreed on a common platform to present at the...
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National consultation, 2017: “Let’s stop Brussels!”
Here we go again. A new “national consultation” is under way. Eight some million eligible voters will receive a form with six questions, all of which are related to the alleged attempt of “Brussels” to...
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Mária Schmidt on George Soros, the grave digger of the left, Part II
Yesterday I began dissecting Mária Schmidt’s latest propaganda piece,“The Grave Digger of the Left,” which offers up second-hand conspiracy theories about George Soros’s philanthropic endeavors. In the...
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Viktor Orbán’s latest war is turning out to be a big mistake
Yesterday I ended my post by saying that, according to the latest public opinion poll conducted by the Publicus Intézet, within a few months the number of Hungarians who think the Orbán government’s...
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Michael Ignatieff in Brussels ahead of Viktor Orbán
Tomorrow Viktor Orbán will have to make an appearance in the European Parliament in, as 888.hu put it, “the defense of our homeland.” In his long article Gábor Nagy recounts the indignities Orbán has...
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The Hungarian government media’s portraits of Macron
Two days ago, when I wrote a post about Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election and its reception by the Hungarian government, I had rely on the relatively few analyses that...
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The European Union and Chinese plans for the reorganization of the global...
Over the years I have somewhat neglected Chinese-Hungarian relations, although Viktor Orbán made clear his intense interest in China very early in his tenure. In the fall of 2010 he sent his then...
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Mária Schmidt and Zsolt Bayer on the fate of Europe
Viktor Orbán’s court historian, Mária Schmidt, has written an article that can perhaps be described as something between a book review and an attack on Germans and Germany. The occasion for her piece...
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The real story of the ELI Laser Center in Szeged
Talking about Viktor Orbán’s stamina. After the grueling five-day trip to Beijing and a busy last week and weekend, today Orbán went to the city of Szeged to open the ELI Laser Center. What is ELI? It...
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MSZP’s László Botka in Brussels
László Botka has become a superbly self-confident man since he received overwhelming support from MSZP’s delegates to the party congress less than a week ago. At the press conference he gave in...
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The “Let’s stop Brussels” questionnaire: Orbán’s silver bullet?
I haven’t analyzed Viktor Orbán’s speeches for some time, but yesterday he delivered a fairly important speech to parliament. So I think it’s time to take a closer look at the Hungarian prime...
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Hungary at a crossroads? Viktor Orbán will have to choose
Since Viktor Orbán returned home after last week’s summit, more and more people have noticed a change in his communication tactics. Right after the summit I wrote about the difference in his attitude...
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Are George Soros and Pope Francis part of a global conspiracy? Ask Zsolt Bayer
A few months ago Zsolt Bayer, the foul-mouthed journalist who was one of the founding members of Fidesz, publicly announced his intention to watch his language and to remain within the bounds of...
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“Orbán or Europe? Choose!”
Today will be all about speeches. After a very hot summer, politics has arrived in full force. After all, it is the beginning of the 2018 election campaign. Of course, according to the electoral law,...
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Legal grounds for the suspension of EU funding to Hungary now
As always, Hungarian Spectrum welcomes democratic voices from and about Hungary. Today we are publishing an article by Hungarian experts on EU affairs. They asked not to publish their names. The reason...
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Viktor Orbán on solidarity and financial assistance
In happier times Hungary wasn’t a prolific source of sensational news items for the international press. With the appearance of Viktor Orbán on the political scene in 2010, however, hardly a day goes...
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Juncker’s vision for the future of Europe
In 2014 I was rooting for the election of Jean-Claude Juncker, considering him to be the best candidate to succeed the less than dynamic and imaginative José Manuel Barroso. He was known as a strong...
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Hungarians’ changing priorities; shifts in the left-of-center media
Changing opinions on political issues Yesterday I saw a Hír TV news segment that I found intriguing. A woman reporter with a cameraman behind her stopped passersby wanting to know what the “man in the...
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Viktor Orbán rails against the European Commission’s “reasoned opinions”
This morning Viktor Orbán delivered one of his most ferocious attacks on the “Brussels bureaucrats.” He usually relegates this kind of conduct to his minions. He himself tries to maintain the level of...
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From football to fear: Recent opinion polls in Hungary
Today is devoted to polls. Please don’t worry, the post will not be full of numbers. I will concentrate on the big picture. My first topic is Hungarians’ feelings for football. I think that talking...
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