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László Botka is on the campaign trail, with some hiccups
Although in the last few weeks László Botka, MSZP’s candidate for premiership, has begun to campaign with greater vigor, neither his own popularity nor the approval rating of his party has improved. In...
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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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A new strategy or a new man is needed to lead the anti-Orbán forces
It’s time to take stock of the state of the democratic opposition after an MSZP gathering over the weekend where László Botka, the candidate to lead MSZP’s election campaign, introduced his team, what...
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MSZP is grasping at straws as its support plummets
At 1:00 p.m. today HVG published Medián’s latest opinion poll on the state of Hungarian party politics and the popularity of politicians. The message MSZP’s leadership received was shocking. For the...
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László Botka’s resignation ends a nine-month ordeal
Yesterday I promised that I would return to the national consultation on the Soros Plan since last night’s post contained only a short introduction and a translation of the propositions and...
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From chaos to possible prospects for political understanding
The chaos caused by the resignation of László Botka, MSZP’s candidate for the premiership, hasn’t subsided. If anything, it has grown over the last two days, nurtured by the vitriol that has surrounded...
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The latest opinion polls on the chances of the opposition parties
First, before getting into the polls, a short “public service announcement.” Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. will hold an “open day” tomorrow (October 13). Arcanum has been digitalizing an enormous number of...
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MSZP and DK at the negotiating table
Although most people would consider a Fidesz win at the next national election preordained, several political analysts consider the situation not that straightforward. There are several reasons to...
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What will come of Orbán’s opposition?
Yesterday HVG published a two-page summary of Medián’s polling results over the 2017 calendar year. Ever since April Fidesz has been gaining in popularity among the electorate as a whole. Jobbik,...
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David against Goliath and his friends in Hódmezővásárhely
Those people who have been following Hungarian politics in the last decade may recall the sad fate of Éva Tétényi, the newly elected independent mayor of Esztergom, who in 2010 replaced the corrupt and...
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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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A move against the independent judiciary?
About a week ago, three owners of Szeviép, a construction company in Szeged, who had been convicted of fraud earlier in connection with bankruptcy proceedings in a lower court, were acquitted on...
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