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Economic data is held close to the chest by the Orbán government
About a week ago, I encountered an article in Népszava reporting on the first unemployment figures of the year. I must say that I found the article confusing because the journalist who wrote it was...
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The Orbán government ignores EU rulings and recommendations
The European Commission released its recommendations regarding the 2020 National Reform Program and delivered its opinion of the 2020 Convergence Program of Hungary. It is a ten-page analysis of the...
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Hungarians evaluate the Orbán government’s performance in the past decade
Hungarian Spectrum, in addition to its daily posts, is a busy forum for political discussions. Right now, a fair number of the comments are about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the fortunes...
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Why is Fidesz so successful in the poorest regions of the country?
Jobbik’s internet news site Alfahír published an article today alleging massive electoral fraud in Tiszabura and Tiszabő, villages located in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, in the Northern Great Plain...
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The last five years of the Orbán government, fact and fiction
It caught everybody by surprise, including some of the highest office holders of the government and Fidesz, that today “around noon” Viktor Orbán planned to give another speech on “the state of the...
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“Tappanch”: Viktor Orbán’s phony wars
It doesn’t happen too often in the world of blogging that readers who are also avid and thoughtful commentators request that one of their own write a “guest post.” But this is what happened. “Tappanch”...
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Attila Mesterházy and Gordon Bajnai on the campaign trail
I noted yesterday that the election campaign has begun. I should have added that Fidesz has been campaigning from the very moment its government took office in May 2010. With election comes what...
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Water and politics: The case of the Roma in Ózd
There are times, though not too often, when Fidesz and the Orbán government retreat and give up positions earlier thought to be sacrosanct. This usually happens when there is a big stink. Not just...
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Some good news for the Orbán government, but there are still many questions
Viktor Orbán received a couple of nice presents today for his fiftieth birthday. One was from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) and the other from Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for...
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