The opposition LMP party is calling on the government to announce a state of emergency due to climate change in a political declaration approved at a party congress at the weekend. Continue reading “LMP congress calls for state of emergency due to climate change”
Frans Timmermans, the European Socialists’ spitzenkandidat in the European Parliament elections, called for a strong, left-wing Europe at a Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) campaign rally in Budapest on Saturday. Continue reading “Timmermans campaigns in Hungary”
In an open letter to Manfred Weber, the executive vice-president of Jobbik asked the EPP’s Spitzenkandidat, whether he had “noticed the Hungarian government’s attempts to smear its opponents through defamation and fake news,” when he was praising Viktor Orban in an interview a year ago. Continue reading “Gyongyosi’s open letter to Weber”
According to Oxford-based Hungarian economist Peter Rona the Hungarian opposition will pay a big price if it follows the “tradition” of expecting external help. He told daily Nepszava that “the Orban system could fall sooner than many people think”. Continue reading “Orban can fall sooner than we think – economist”
The opposition LMP, Momentum and Jobbik parties recently wrapped up campaigns in London, Munich and Vienna, respectively, calling on Hungarians living there to take part in the European Parliament elections, the top candidates of Momentum and Jobbik said on Monday. Continue reading “Top opposition candidates campaign together”
“With such different backgrounds, I believe it’s only natural that we cannot agree on everything and we don’t need to,” Jobbik’s group leader and deputy chairman, Marton Gyongyosi wrote in his open letter, after a diplomatic conflict evolved between Hungary and Sweden. Continue reading “Message to Swedish minister Annika Strandhall from Hungary’s strongest opposition party”
Frans Timmermans, addressing a Hungarian Socialist Party congress in Budapest on Saturday, called for fair wages in the European Union and closing the wage gap between women and men. Continue reading “Timmermans calls for fair wages in EU – Socialist congress”
