While currently it appears to be a success story from an economic and political point alike, the introduction of the bank tax presents significant risks already in the medium term.
Hungary’s governing Fidesz party initiated an unprecedented effort October 26 to strip the Constitutional Court – Hungary’s final authority on legislative questions – of a number of powers.
István Tarlós, the governing Fidesz party’s brand-new mayor of Budapest, announced plans for a swift and wide-ranging review of private companies’ ownership contracts in city utilities.
Unexpected crises are moments that can make or break political leaders. They either flounder around for solutions or rise to the occasion.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, slammed by opposition leaders and market analysts for his secretive approach to policymaking, has now removed all doubt.
On October 4, a waste reservoir at an aluminum plant burst its banks, unleashing some 700,000 cubic meters of red sludge. The government has responded to the crisis in the most popular way possible.
Fidesz, which leads the strongest government since 1990, has reached all of its political goals by extending its power over most municipalities.
A szlovák választások után a jelenlegi szlovák kormány pártjai folyamatosan hivatkozott bezzeg-pártokká váltak – főleg a hazai liberális véleményformálók körében
Orbán Viktor és Vona Gábor hétfői parlamenti szóváltása, majd a Jobbik törvényjavaslata a „cigánybűnözés tagad&aac...
Political Capital's analysis on attitudes toward migrants in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Poland.
Barring a catastrophe on the scale of an extraterrestrial invasion, the governing Fidesz party will demolish all comers in the 3 October municipal elections.
