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Mátyás Eörsi: The future of European democracy
What follows is a transcription of a speech Mátyás Eörsi delivered at a conference organized by the European Commission on its relationship with civic organizations. He was representing EFTA (European...
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Viktor Orbán in a U.S. Department of Justice corruption investigation
This post is based on the first Hungarian corruption case investigated by a non-Hungarian, non-EU institution, the U.S. Department of Justice. It strongly indicates systemic government corruption at...
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The Orbán regime’s corruption revisited
My good friend Miklós Haraszti, one of the founders of SZDSZ who played an important role in the transitional period from the one-party state to democracy, spoke yesterday with György Bolgár of Klub...
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We have proof: Hungary is the most corrupt country in the EU
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) issued a press release summarizing its investigative work during the year 2018. The office concluded 167 investigations and issued 256 recommendations. A quick...
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A sitcom that got under the skin of the Hungarian right
The sitcom A mi kis falunk (Our little village), on RTL Klub, entertains a lot of Hungarians on Saturday nights. About a year ago I wrote a post describing an outraged article in Magyar Idők by Kata...
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New brooms sweep clean: Mayors promise to flush out earlier corruption cases
HVG published a short article on the results of the municipal election in the city of Pécs with the title “The new mayor of the opposition will start his work by demanding accountability.” In brief,...
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A Fidesz corruption case even Viktor Orbán admitted
At the beginning of August, in connection with a Coca-Cola ad depicting two young men in a clearly romantic posture, I had the opportunity to introduce István Boldog, a Fidesz member of parliament from...
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Anon: Why Viktor Orbán has no time to deal with criticism
Today’s post was written by a Hungarian political commentator who is calling on the European Union, the European People’s Party, and those member states who care about Hungarian democracy to act at...
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Corruption has a long history in Hungary
Those of us who studied Hungarian literature in high school or even in college learned plenty about political corruption. Two notable nineteenth-century writers, Mór Jókai (1825-1904) and Kálmán...
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A free family vacation–Szijjártó cruises the Adriatic on a Hungarian...
I must say that the investigative journalists at Átlátszó do a superb job when it comes to keeping an eye on the Adriatic, where politicians and businessmen close to Viktor Orbán like to spend their...
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“Observer”: The Simonka affair
During the last ten years we have become numb to the rude, offensive, aggressive, outrageous statements of the leading and not so leading Fidesz politicians. We have often speculated about what these...
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Can the European Commission use leverage against the Orbán government?
A quick look at the international press reveals that a number of countries — Italy, Romania, and Spain, among others — are working on the plans they have to submit to the European Commission before...
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Hungary’s purchase of the Chinese vaccine: a “true crime” story?
After considerable effort on the part of the opposition parties, Gergely Gulyás, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff, released the Hungarian government’s contract for the purchase of the...
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József Papp: Hungarian Economy Is Distorted and Disorientated by Grants
József Papp is professor emeritus at Corvinus University. An earlier piece of his, “The Dutch with No Hatred toward Hungarians,” was published in Hungarian Spectrum last year. The present article is an...
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József Papp: What if we had spent all EU grants to pay off public debt
József Papp is professor emeritus at Corvinus University. Two earlier piece of his were published in Hungarian Spectrum (“The Dutch with No Hatred toward Hungarians” and “Hungarian Economy is Distorted...
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